TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poignant,Roslyn
TI  - Oceanic mythology; the myths of Polinesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia
U1  - 704.947 21
PY  - 1967///
CY  - London
PB  - Paul Hamlyn
KW  - FOLKLORE
N1  - Incluye bibliografía; The land -- The people -- The coming of the Europeans -- The myths -- Priests, poets and entertainers -- Creation of the cosmos -- Gods work for man -- Tu -- Rongo -- Tane -- Tangaroa -- Makemake -- Io-the-hidden-face: Io-the-origin-of-all-thigs -- The origing of mankind -- Tane, the Earth-formed-maiden and the Dawn-maiden -- Hima - the universal woman -- Haumea, the creator -- Pele, the destroyer -- The origin of plant foods and things of value -- Two-faced Tinirau -- Kae and Tinirau's whale -- Kae and the Island of women -- Wonder-workers and tricksters -- Maui, challenger of the gods -- The wetsward journey of the soul -- The noble Tawhaki, and Rata the strong -- The pattern of Polynesian myth -- The background -- Creation stories -- The Way of the soul after death; P158; P146; P17; P12; P06
ER  -