Legends of the Maori

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [title page]
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
• • Mythology of the Maori. — Mythology of the Maori
    • Chapter I. — Rangi and Papa: The Separation of Heaven and Earth
      • [section]
      • The Creation of Woman
    • Chapter II. — Tane-mahuta, The Soul of the Forest
    • Chapter III. — The Deeds of Maui
      • Mahuika, and the Origin of Fire
      • Mahuika the Fire-Goddess
      • Maui and Hine-Nui-Te-Po
      • Maui in the South Seas
    • Chapter IV. — Gods and Mortals
      • The Story of Tawhaki and Hapai
      • The Girdle of the Gods
      • Genealogy of Te Heuheu Tukino. — (Paramount rangatira of the Ngati-Tuwharetoa tribe, Taupo.)
    • Chapter V. — From Island unto Island. — The Story of Polynesian Rovings
    • Chapter VI. The Story of Whakatau and the Tihi-O-Manono
    • Chapter VII. — The Voyage to New Zealand
    • Chapter VIII. — Explorers of New Zealand
      • [section]
      • The Travels of Rakataura. — The Mauri of the Forests
    • Chapter IX. — The Maori Spiritland
      • Folk Beliefs of the Reinga and the Spirits’ Flight
      • The Polynesians’ Spiritland
    • Chapter X. — Celt and Maori. — Likenesses in Folk-Belief, Legend and Poetry
    • Chapter XI. — The Fairy Foresters. — Tales of the Maero and Patu-Paiarehe
    • Chapter XII. — The Origin of the Maori Games
  • Some Folk Tales of the Maori
    • Some Folk Tales of the Maori — The Death Leap of Tikawe. — A Story of the Lakes Country
    • Paepipi’s Stranger
    • A Story of Maori Gratitude
    • Hopa the Tohunga — A Maori Detective Story
    • By the Waters of Rakaunui
    • Te Ake’s Revenge — A Tale of Wizardry and Retribution
      • Episode I. — Dawn-Maiden, and how She was Bewitched and Slain
      • Episode II. — The Seeking of the Spell
      • Episode III. — The Launching of the Spell
      • Episode IV. — A Great Fish from the Sea
      • The Curse Falls
    • Tales of the Cave Country
      • The Legend of the Den of the Wild Dogs
      • The Man-eating Dog of Ngamoko Mountain
    • The Tale of Rokiroki — A Memory of the Mokau
    • The Lost Land of Paorae
    • The Cave Dwellers of Te Pehu. — A Story of the Great Forest
    • Tarao the Tunneller. — A Tradition of Kawa Mountain
    • The Lover’s Chase — A Story of the Whakatane Valley
    • Rock of the Flying Foam. — A Saga of the Waikato River
    • The Judgment of Unenuku
    • At the Rising od Kopu
    • A Cartridge from Taraia
    • Pool of the Papua
    • The Wizards of the Plains. — A Tale of Maori Magic
    • The Gift of His Fathers
    • The Rite of Ngau - Taringa. — A Story of the Heuheu Family
    • Matakite. — A Story of Second Sight
    • Wairaka of the Cave
    • Tales of Tauhara. — The Value of a Mountain
    • Tunohopu’s Cave. — A Tale of Old Rotorua
    • By the Waters of Holy-Brook. — Tales of an Enchanted Valley
    • A Basket of Whitebait
    • Utu: The Story of a Polynesian — Vendetta
    • Motu-Ngaio Pa and the Stage of Heads. — A Story of Old Kawhia
    • Virgin’s Isle. — The Story of Te Wharerangi and the Fall of Motu- — O-Puhi Pa
    • The Stealing of an Atua. — A Tradition of the Otago Coast
    • The Pillow. — How Rau-Whato Swam Lake Taupo—The Story of a — Maori Heroine
    • Te Pokiha’s Farewell. — A Memory of Maketu
    • Magic Mountain. — Maungaroa and its Legends
    • Hurihia’s Race — A Tale of the Taupo Coast
    • The Diving Cage. — The Tale of the Dragon-Slayers of Te Awahou
    • There were Giants in the Land
    • The Little Gulls of Mokoia
    • The Witch Trees of the Kaingaroa
    • The Tree of the Rope. — A Tale of Old Rotoiti
    • Lagoons of the Tuna. — Kawa Repo and its Story
    • The Rite of the Kawa-Whare. — The Carved House and the Two Priests: a Tale Of — Tapu
      • [section]
      • The Tapu-Removal Ceremony
      • The Sacred Fire—Rangi-Tahau’S Ritual
  • The Poetry of the Maori. — The Poetry of the Maori
    • Introductory
    • Folk Songs and Chants
      • The Chant of Hautu. — A Folk-Song of the Urewera
      • The Mountain God: a Chant of Adoration. — A Song for Mt. Egmont
      • A Song in Exile. — The Chant of Hoani Papita
      • The Lone Sentinel’s Song
      • A Waikato Canoe Chant
      • A Song of Prophecy. — (Mata.)
      • Bird Song. — What the Tui Says
      • The Bird of Summer
      • “I Sing of Kupe.”
      • A Patriotic Chant. — Hold Fast the Land
      • A War-Chant (Ngeri). — The Song of Tokatoka
      • Hikairo’s War Song. — A Chant of the Arawa
      • A Song of Raukawa. — The Dread Crags of the Brothers
    • Two South Island Chants
      • The Song of the Axe
      • “‘Try Not the Pass!’ The Old Man Said.”
    • Love Chants
      • Te Ngaru’s Flute Song
      • Yon Enchanted Isle. — A Song for Whakaari
      • The Last Look Back. — Puhi-Wahine’s Love Song
    • Laments for the Dead
      • The Dirge of Rangi-Mamao
      • A Dirge for Te Heuheu
      • The Lament for Hikareia
      • An Arawa Lament. — The Pathway of the Dead
      • The Omen of the Flax Bush
      • “Mourn with the Sighing Wind.”
      • A Waikato Elegy. — “Loud Peals the Thunder.”

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Title: Legends of the Maori (Volume 1)

Author: James Cowan

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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