Rank and Religion in Tikopia: A Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity |
Contents
INTRODUCTION page | 13 |
Traditional Tikopia Religion and Society | 17 |
Pagan Religious Leaders | 31 |
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adze Anuta Ariki Kafika Ariki Tafua Ariki Taumako Atua i Kafika Atua i Tafua Atua Lasi baptized bark-cloth behaviour betel breadfruit canoe church clan coconut concept contexts conversion dead deities expression Fangarere father Fatumaru Feke Female Deity Fenuatara fish formula gods and ancestors human important invoked involved island kava rite land libations lineage Marae Marinoa Matautu mediumship Melanesian Mission Mission teachers moral Ngatotiu occasion offerings officiant ordinary oven Pae Sao pagan chiefs pagan Tikopia performed political Polynesian Porima priest Pufine Raropuka Rarovi Ravenga recited regarded relation religion religious system represented Ritual and Belief ritual elder role sacred seemed Semoana significance social Somosomo specific spirit medium spirit mediumship status stone structure symbolic Tangaroa tapu temple Tikopia chief Tikopia Christians Tikopia paganism Tikopia religious Tikopia Ritual Tikopia society told Tonga Torokinga traditional Tikopia Traditions of Tikopia trance Tuna turmeric worship