 All evils flow even from eternity ; hence the chant of eternity says : — From eternity came the universe, From the universe the bright clear light, From the bright clear light the enduring light, From the enduring light the void unattainable, From the...  The Journal of the Polynesian Society - Page 10by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - Electronic journals - 1894 - 154 pages
...me fca Ann. Huia *a Tabu, me fca Ana, he kai whakamate ta&ata anake. Na Bail i putake mai te mate. All evils flow even from eternity ; hence the chant...mankind. From the Heavens originate all calamities. NOTE. — The Italic * throughout this article if the Ngaitabu equivalent of the northern ng, as will... | |
 | Edward Tregear - Māori (New Zealand people) - 1904 - 664 pages
...legends and theogonies of the classical world. In a Maori cosmogony we find these curious words, " Again the visible Heavens combined with the great...numberless sorceries, the gods Pierced, Suspended," etc., etc. In another legend occur these words, spoken of the god Tawhaki, " Then he went and made... | |
 | Science - 1905
...contains several accounts of the origin of sorcery. In one of the cosmogonic myths it is related that the visible heavens combined with the great abyss...eternity to produce the numberless sorceries, the gods Taokainmiki, Taoitiapaekohu the enduring, and other numberless forms of witchcraft, and the " cold... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - Science - 1905 - 794 pages
...contains several accounts of the origin of sorcery. In one of the cosmogonic myths it is related that the visible heavens combined with the great abyss...eternity to produce the numberless sorceries, the gods Taokaimaiki, Taoitiapaekohu the enduring, and other numberless forms of witchcraft, and the " cold... | |
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