Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 63
... produce various beings from his own 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 ...
... produce various beings from his own 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 ...
Side 64
... produced by a bird , an emblem of the deity . This 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 ...
... produced by a bird , an emblem of the deity . This 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 ...
Side 65
... produce , without man , and the fish were putrid in the holes of the rocks . The earth remained , but the shrubs were destroyed . They descended and gazed with astonishment : there were no houses , nor cocoa - nuts , nor palm - trees ...
... produce , without man , and the fish were putrid in the holes of the rocks . The earth remained , but the shrubs were destroyed . They descended and gazed with astonishment : there were no houses , nor cocoa - nuts , nor palm - trees ...
Side 75
... produced in the internal parts by desire , fear , joy , surprise , and all strong affec- tions of the mind . It is remarked by Mr Ellis that , though the mental capacity of the inhabitants of Eastern Polynesia has been but very ...
... produced in the internal parts by desire , fear , joy , surprise , and all strong affec- tions of the mind . It is remarked by Mr Ellis that , though the mental capacity of the inhabitants of Eastern Polynesia has been but very ...
Side 82
... produce the most horrible effects . The incantations usually com- menced with a curse , pronounced by the priest or by the offended individual himself , in the name of certain gods ; and , from the vengeance thereby imprecated , no hope ...
... produce the most horrible effects . The incantations usually com- menced with a curse , pronounced by the priest or by the offended individual himself , in the name of certain gods ; and , from the vengeance thereby imprecated , no hope ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand