The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Māori Myth and Legend

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University of New South Wales Press, 1996 - History - 274 pages
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Contents

Acknowledgements
6
Notes on Sources
251
Illustration Credits
263
Copyright

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Māori Myth and Legend
Margaret Orbell
No preview available - 1996
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend
Margaret Orbell
No preview available - 1995

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Aotea Aotearoa Arawa associated atua became Best birds brothers carved daughter death descendants early ancestor earth east coast enemy fairies father fire fish gourd greenstone Grey guardian Harbour Hauraki Hawaiki Hine-nui-te-po homeland of Hawaiki human Ihenga Kahukura Kawhia killed known kumara Kupe Lake land lived Maketu Maori married Maru Mataatua Maui mauri mountain myth Ngati Kahungunu Ngati Porou Ngatoro Ngatoro-i-rangi night ocean Orbell Pakeha plants powers rangatira Rangi and Papa Raukawa recited region reptile returned ritual chants River rock Rongo Rotorua Ruatapu sacred sailed shore sometimes South Island stars stone story Tainui Takitimu Tama Tama-te-kapua Tamaki Tane Tangaroa taniwha tapu Taranaki Taupo Tawhaki Tawhirimatea Tiki tipua tohunga told took tradition tree tuahu Tuhoe Turanga Uenuku vessel voyage from Hawaiki Waikato wairua waka warriors west coast Whaitiri Whakatane whale Whanganui whatu Whiro wife woman women

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About the author (1996)

Margaret Orbell is an educator, writer, and scholar of the Maori culture of New Zealand. In the mid-1960s, Orbell was the editor of Te Ao Hou, the magazine of the Department of Maori Affairs. She also taught at Canterbury University as an associate professor of Maori. Orbell published The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend, a compendium of 400 stories and 240 illustrations that chronicle the Maori view of life since the arrival of the settlers.

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TitleThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Māori Myth and Legend
AuthorMargaret R. Orbell
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherUniversity of New South Wales Press, 1996
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedAug 25, 2007
ISBN0868404160, 9780868404165
Length274 pages
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