Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 |
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... Taaroa supreme deity - Different orders of gods - Oro , & c . gods of the wind , the ocean , & c . - Gods of artificers and fishermen - Oramatuas , or demons - Emblems - Images - Uru , or fea- thers - Temples - Worship - Prayers ...
... Taaroa supreme deity - Different orders of gods - Oro , & c . gods of the wind , the ocean , & c . - Gods of artificers and fishermen - Oramatuas , or demons - Emblems - Images - Uru , or fea- thers - Temples - Worship - Prayers ...
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... Taaroa , the prin- cipal deity formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of creation . They say , that after Taaroa had formed the world , he ...
... Taaroa , the prin- cipal deity formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of creation . They say , that after Taaroa had formed the world , he ...
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... Taaroa , or the joint agency of Taaroa and Hina , and although one of their traditions states that all the islands were formerly united in one fenua nui , or large continent , which the gods in anger destroyed , scattering in the ocean ...
... Taaroa , or the joint agency of Taaroa and Hina , and although one of their traditions states that all the islands were formerly united in one fenua nui , or large continent , which the gods in anger destroyed , scattering in the ocean ...
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... Taaroa is said to have answered , " Go on the shore to the interior , to your brother . " Hina answered , " I have been inland , and he is not . " Taaroa then said , " Go to the sea , perhaps he is on the sea ; or if on the land , he ...
... Taaroa is said to have answered , " Go on the shore to the interior , to your brother . " Hina answered , " I have been inland , and he is not . " Taaroa then said , " Go to the sea , perhaps he is on the sea ; or if on the land , he ...
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... Taaroa is stated to have made the first man with earth or sand , and the very circumstantial tradition they have of the deluge , if they do not , as some have supposed , ( when taken in con- nexion with many customs , and analogies in ...
... Taaroa is stated to have made the first man with earth or sand , and the very circumstantial tradition they have of the deluge , if they do not , as some have supposed , ( when taken in con- nexion with many customs , and analogies in ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
appeared Areois arrived attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation natives night occasion offered parties perhaps person Polynesian Pomare Pomare III prayers present prevailed priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture ship shore side society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tradition tree usually vessel voyage wife worship