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Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders

George Grey · 1854

Original text in Māori. In English: Polynesian Mythology.

The foundational Maori narratives, gathered in 1854 by a governor who later made war on those who had entrusted them to him.

Epic · 23 parts · about 74 000 words · about 5 h 21 of reading

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Contents

  1. Preface11 min
  2. The Children of Heaven and Earth13 min
  3. The Legend of Maui47 min
  4. The Legend of Tawhaki22 min
  5. The Legend of Rupe8 min
  6. The Legend of Kae’s Theft of the Whale9 min
  7. The Legend of Tuwhakararo9 min
  8. The Legend of Rata18 min
  9. The Legend of Toi-Te-Huatahi and Tama-Te-Kapua9 min
  10. The Legend of Poutini and Whaiapu3 min
  11. The Voyage to New Zealand26 min
  12. The Curse of Manaia20 min
  13. The Legend of Hatupatu and His Brothers20 min
  14. Legend of the Emigration of Turi19 min
  15. Legend of the Emigration of Manaia14 min
  16. The Story of Hine-Moa10 min
  17. The Story of Maru-Tuahu, the Son of Hotunui, and of Kahurare-Moa, the Daughter of Paka28 min
  18. The Two Sorcerers5 min
  19. The Magical Wooden Head7 min
  20. The Art of Netting Learned by Kahukura from the Fairies4 min
  21. Te Kanawa’s Adventure with a Troop of Fairies3 min
  22. The Loves of Takarangi and Rau-Mahora4 min
  23. Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga11 min

About this text

George Grey († 1898): public-domain work. The text is that of la transcription établie par Erostrate sur le fac-similé d'Internet Archive (Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders, as furnished by their Priests and Chiefs, by Sir George Grey, London, George Routledge and Sons, 1922). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

Note on the edition (in French): Traduction anglaise de Sir George Grey (1855) de son recueil maori « Ko ngā mahinga a ngā tūpuna Māori », d'après la réimpression de 1922 ; sans l'appendice sur la musique des chants. Texte établi en collationnant deux lectures du scan ; titres, notes, chants et noms maoris relus sur l'image.

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