The cover page is adapted from Tāwhiao Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, a painting completed in 1882 by Gottfried Lindauer. Tāwhiao was the paramount chief of the Waikato Tainui tribes; he reigned as the second Māori king between 1860 and his death in 1894, and led a failed delegation to England to petition Queen Victoria about the dishonoured Treaty of Waitangi. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Lindauerwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Polynesian Mythology
Chapitres (25)
- Preface to the First Edition 0:00
- Preface to the Second Edition 16:03
- The Children of Heaven and Earth 32:46
- The Legend of Māui 54:51
- The Legend of Tāwhaki 2:00:00
- The Legend of Rupe 2:31:43
- The Legend of Kae’s Theft of the Whale 2:43:33
- The Legend of Tūwhakararo 2:56:41
- The Legend of Rātā 3:09:31
- The Legend of Toitehuatahi and Tamatekapua 3:36:01
- The Legend of Poutini and Whaiapu 3:50:13
- The Voyage to New Zealand 3:55:12
- The Curse of Manaia 4:33:44
- The Legend of Hatupatu and His Brothers 5:03:47
- Legend of the Emigration of Turi 5:32:43
- Legend of the Emigration of Manaia 6:00:07
- The Story of Hinemoa 6:19:16
- The Story of Marutūāhu, the Son of Hotunui, and of Kahureremoa, the Daughter of Paka 6:35:11
- The Two Sorcerers 7:12:28
- The Magical Wooden Head 7:20:08
- The Art of Netting Learned by Kāhukura from the Fairies 7:30:20
- Te Kanawa’s Adventure with a Troop of Fairies 7:35:50
- The Loves of Takarangi and Raumahora 7:40:22
- Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga 7:47:03
- The History of Pāoa, the Ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa Tribe 8:03:24
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Polynesian Mythology is one of the earliest printed collections of Māori traditional mythology, and is considered by some scholars to be the most authoritative and representative. Originally compiled in Māori as Ko ngā mahinga a ngā tūpuna Māori, “The Deeds of the Ancestors,” it was translated by George Grey, the third governor of New Zealand, in 1855. Grey’s primary source was Te Rāngikaheke of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, who for several years lived with Grey for the purpose of teaching him the language and customs of the Māori. Grey never acknowledged Te Rāngikaheke’s contributions, and made a number of changes.
This collection of Māori mythology covers the start of the universe through to the spread of Māori tribes through New Zealand’s North Island. These stories, as part of an oral tradition, varied regionally. This volume, compiled from a number of sources, is in some cases a patchwork, representing a consensus that is not a true representation of the traditions of any one specific region. Additional sources include Hohepa Paraone of Te Ngae, the people of Mokoia, Matene Te Whiwhi, Hori Patara of Ngāti Toa, Piri Kawau of Āti Awa, and several unknown contributors.