The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
Contents
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- THE LORE OF THE WHANAU MARAMA
- CONTENTS
- [introduction]
- Origin of the Heavenly Bodies
- The Distribution and Fixing of the Heavenly Bodies
- The Sun p. 12
- The Moon p. 17
- The Stars
- [introduction] p. 22
- Evidences of Star-worship p. 25
- Heliacal Rising of Stars p. 26
- The Use of Stars in Navigation p. 28
- Star-names p. 31
- Comets p. 53
- Meteors p. 57
- Maru
- Rainbow p. 58
- Lightning p. 60
- Thunder p. 61
- Clouds
- Conclusion p. 64