The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead: The belief among the PolynesiansMacmillan, 1922 |
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appear Areois atua Baessler Basil Thomson believed Bennet body Bolotoo Brown Bulotu buried called canoes Captain Cook Captain James Cook ceremony chiefs coco-nut coral corpse dead death deceased deity divine Dumont d'Urville E. E. V. Collocot earth Ellis Elsdon Best fish ghosts gods grave Hervey Islands Hikuleo Horatio Hale human Ika A Maui J. A. Moerenhout J. B. Stair J. R. Forster Journal king land Mangaia Maori Mariner Marquesans Melanesians Melanesians and Poly Melanesians and Polynesians missionaries morai Myths and Songs natives nesians observed offered Old Samoa person prayers priest rank religion round the World sacred sacrifice Shortland Society Islanders sometimes soul South Pacific spirits stone supposed taboo Tahiti Tangaloa temple tombs Tonga Islands Tongataboo Tooitonga tree Tregear tribe Turner twins Tyerman and G United States Exploring village volcanic Voyage round W. H. R. Rivers W. W. Gill women worship Zealand
Fréquemment cités
Page v - Vol. I. The Belief among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia.
Page 254 - The inauguration ceremony, answering to coronation among other nations, consisted in girding the king with the maro ura, or sacred girdle of red feathers ; which not only raised him to the highest earthly station, but identified him with their gods.
Page 78 - As soon as they are all seated the priest is considered as inspired, the god being supposed to exist within him from that moment. He remains for a considerable time in silence with his hands clasped before him, his eyes are cast down and he rests perfectly still.
Page 423 - As soon as the chief had expired, the whole neighbourhood exhibited a scene of confusion, wickedness, and cruelty, seldom witnessed even in the most barbarous society. The people ran to and fro without their clothes, appearing and acting more like demons than human beings ; every vice was practised, and almost every species of crime perpetrated.
Page 89 - The human soul, after its separation from the body, is termed a hotooa (a god or spirit), and is believed to exist in the shape of the body; to have the same propensities as during life, but to be corrected by a more enlightened understanding, by which it readily distinguishes good from evil, truth from falsehood, right from wrong; having the same attributes as the original gods, but in a minor degree, and having its dwelling for ever in the happy regions of Bolotoo, holding the same rank in regard...
Page 399 - They considered it the primeval abode of their volcanic deities. The conical craters, they said, were their houses, where they frequently amused themselves by playing at...
Page 331 - The inhabitants of these islands collectively, are, without exception, the finest race of people in this sea. For fine shape and regular features, they perhaps surpass all other nations.
Page 83 - Afterwards the fratricide came and mourned over his murdered brother by sitting on the grave with his elbows on his knees and covering his face with his hands. In this posture he remained for a long time in silence, and then departed very thoughtful.
Page 349 - ... who claim the title and attributes of the deity: not through a professed inspiration, or possession by a supernatural influence or power, but in their own right of godship, as those who control the elements, impart fruitfulness to the productions of the earth, or smite them with blasting and sterility; and who exercise the prerogatives of the deity in scattering disease, and wielding the shafts of death. They are few in number, not more than one or two at farthest on an island, and live in a...
Page 66 - Bolotoo, in the form and likeness of the body, the moment after death. 10. That the primitive gods and deceased nobles sometimes appear (visibly) to mankind, . to warn or to afford comfort and advice : that the primitive gods also sometimes come into the living bodies of lizards, porpoises, and a species of water snake, hence these animals are much respected ; their coming into porpoises is supposed to be for the purpose of taking care of vessels, &c. 11.