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Religion Maori Mythology Folklore Maori (New Zealand people) Whakapono Rites and ceremonies
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Page 10
Part VIII. The Institution of *Tapu*
Page 15
Part IX. Concepts of the Spiritual Nature of Man and of the Spirit World
Page 31
The *mauri* or *mouri*
Page 46
The *hau*
Page 50
*Manawa ora*
Page 53
The spirit world
Page 57
Part X. Magic
Page 102
White magic
Page 115
Black magic
Page 136
Mahu and Taewha
Page 143
*Hoa*
Page 164
Rahui
Page 185
Part XI. Myths and Folk Tales
Page 192
A. Introductory Remarks
Page 192
B. Myths and Historical Traditions
Page 202
The story of Kupe and the Wheke a Muturangi
Page 203
The story of Hataupatu and Hine-ingoingo, the Tahurangi
Page 207
The legend of Hau and Wairaka
Page 212
The legend of Whiro and Tura
Page 217
C. Origin Myths and Tutelary Beings
Page 219
Mataroa visits the spirit world
Page 226
The story of Rukutia and Tu-te-koropanga
Page 237
Further origin myths
Page 240
The origin of fire
Page 242
Divers nature myths
Page 250
Myths pertaining to the ocean
Page 252
Origin of shellfish, etc.
Page 255
Origin of fish and some other sea denizens
Page 258
Origin of birds
Page 263
Origin of insects
Page 267
Origin of lizards
Page 270
Origin of trees, etc.
Page 271
Origin of the gourd and some other plants
Page 274
Miscellaneous origin myths
Page 276
Origin of snow, etc.
Page 283
Origin of wood carving
Page 285
Origin of houses
Page 288
Origin of *heitiki*
Page 289
D. Personification in Maori Myths
Page 290
Sky Father
Page 297
Earth Mother
Page 299
Sun
Page 301
Moon
Page 303
Comets and Meteors
Page 304
Lightning
Page 304
Thunder
Page 305
Rain
Page 305
Mist and clouds
Page 306
Rainbow
Page 307
Wind
Page 307
Fire
Page 308
Water
Page 309
The ocean
Page 309
Seasons
Page 310
War
Page 312
Pleasure
Page 312
Aitua
Page 312
Knowledge
Page 313
Sickness and disease
Page 313
Compass points
Page 315
Birds
Page 316
Fish and shellfish
Page 317
Insects
Page 319
Trees and forests
Page 320
Volcanic phenomena
Page 323
Mountains
Page 323
Rocks and stones
Page 324
Swamps
Page 327
E. Nature Myths
Page 328
The Maui myths
Page 329
The birth of Maui-potiki and his youthful adventures
Page 337
Maui as a dart thrower
Page 339
Taranga and Maui descend to the underworld
Page 341
Maui and Mahuika
Page 348
Maui and Hina
Page 353
Maui invents the barbed hook and spear
Page 354
Maui and the crayfish traps
Page 356
Maui and his eel pot
Page 357
Maui snares the sun
Page 357
Maui and Irawaru
Page 359
Maui and Rohe
Page 362
Maui and Niniwa-i-te-rangi
Page 363
Maui, Tuna and Hina
Page 364
Maui, Tangaroa and Te Mokoroaiata
Page 367
Maui hauls up land from ocean depths
Page 369
Maui and Hine-nui-te-po
Page 377
Lunar myths
Page 386
The moon maidens
Page 395
The hanging sky
Page 398
Denizens of the heavens
Page 398
Celestial visitors
Page 399
Deluge myths
Page 401
Myths connected with rain, water, thunder, frost, etc.
Page 408
Wind myths
Page 411
Rainbow myths
Page 413
Uenuku and the Mist Maid
Page 417
Lightning myths
Page 421
The story of Tawhaki
Page 423
The story of Whakatau
Page 436
The adventures of Rata
Page 440
Myths pertaining to pounamu or greenstone
Page 448
Myths concerning lizards
Page 459
Folk tales of the grey hills
Page 464
F. Demon Lore, Fairy Tales and Fables
Page 472
Taniwha
Page 473
The maroon of White Island
Page 477
The story of Parekawa and the taniwha
Page 480
Peketahi and Koipikau
Page 481
Te Ataiorongo of Kawhia
Page 482
The lost isle of Rotoma
Page 484
The story of Te Ngarara-huarau
Page 487
The taniwha of Kai-para
Page 495
Te Whakaruaki — how lizards learned to drop their tails
Page 497
Te Kaiwhakaruaki
Page 498
Ruamano and Tiki-raupo
Page 508
The Kuri nui a Meko
Page 510
Awarua-o-Porirua
Page 514
Hine-korako of Te Reinga Falls
Page 516
Tuoro
Page 519
Tipua
Page 521
Te Kawau a 'Toru
Page 532
The manu teko
Page 535
The ogre of Hikurangi
Page 537
The crossing of Raukawa and the tapu of Nga Whatu
Page 541
Mythical denizens of forests and mountains
Page 544
Ruarangi and the Tahurangi
Page 554
Miru and Hinerangi
Page 557
The story of Koire and the Heketoro or forest folk
Page 559
Fables and miscellaneous folk tales
Page 560
The battle of the birds
Page 561
Fable of the hawk and the Hokioi
Page 563
The cuckoo
Page 564
The kaka and kakariki
Page 565
The kokako and the huia
Page 565
How the pukeko or swamp hen become red-headed
Page 566
The Korotangi myth
Page 566
The shark and the tuatara myth
Page 568
The tuatara and the kumukumu
Page 569
Fight between lizards and dogs
Page 570
Seal caught with hook and line
Page 570
The great battle between the fish tribes and man
Page 571
The deceiving of Kapoho
Page 573
Distressed mariners call upon Pauatere
Page 574
War between the mussel and cockle tribes
Page 574
The musical shell of Matakaoa
Page 575
Shellfish as a love messenger
Page 575
The popokura and the kihikihi: the ant and the cicada
Page 576
The aute or paper mulberry and the whau
Page 578
The sandfly and the mosquito
Page 578
The woman who was taken to the sky by spiders
Page 580
Story of the Ruruhi-kerepo
Page 581
The woman who ate her child's heart
Page 581
The lost child of Takaraho
Page 582
How Waikato and Rangitaiki raced seaward
Page 583
Fire versus water
Page 585
The river man of Whanganui
Page 585
Hine-moana assails the Earth Mother
Page 585
How the maroon came home
Page 586
Tamaika and Hanokai
Page 587
All creatures possess the faculty of speech
Page 588
Origin of the Aurora australis
Page 589
Flying men
Page 589
Sun v. moon contention
Page 591
How the totara came to pop when burned
Page 591
The talking heads of Manga-o-Tane
Page 592
Origin of the taiaha and of the kumara
Page 592
The lone pine of Toka-ahuru
Page 593
G. Omens and Superstitions
Page 594
Omens connected with the right and left sides
Page 596
Dreams
Page 601
Other omens of ill luck
Page 611
Authorities Quoted
Page 623
Index
Page 629

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Dominion Museum Bulletin, No. 11

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