Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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... divine and the philosopher are greatly indebted for much valuable knowledge , relative to the mythology , the traditions , the laws , government , and usages of the simple people whom they have brought within the pale of revealed ...
... divine and the philosopher are greatly indebted for much valuable knowledge , relative to the mythology , the traditions , the laws , government , and usages of the simple people whom they have brought within the pale of revealed ...
Side 52
... divine extraction passed along the public way , the people prostrated them- selves with their faces pressing on the ground . In Ota- heite , on all occasions , when the king approached , his subjects , stripping down their upper ...
... divine extraction passed along the public way , the people prostrated them- selves with their faces pressing on the ground . In Ota- heite , on all occasions , when the king approached , his subjects , stripping down their upper ...
Side 62
... divine source , were led by inclination or necessity to fix their abode upon earth , with whom , even after they were re- moved by death , they continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini ...
... divine source , were led by inclination or necessity to fix their abode upon earth , with whom , even after they were re- moved by death , they continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini ...
Side 63
... divine * Polynesian Researches , vol . i . p . 110. Mr Ellis , who col- lected with great care the floating notions of the people , is dis- posed to think that Ivi or Eve is the only aboriginal part of the story , as far as it respects ...
... divine * Polynesian Researches , vol . i . p . 110. Mr Ellis , who col- lected with great care the floating notions of the people , is dis- posed to think that Ivi or Eve is the only aboriginal part of the story , as far as it respects ...
Side 64
... divine creature laid an egg upon the waters , which , afterwards bursting of itself , gave an origin to the concave firmament and the convex earth , subsequently removed from each other by the agency of Ruu , one of the most powerful of ...
... divine creature laid an egg upon the waters , which , afterwards bursting of itself , gave an origin to the concave firmament and the convex earth , subsequently removed from each other by the agency of Ruu , one of the most powerful of ...
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