The Maori Race

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • [dedication]
  • Preface. — [Contributed by Mr. S. Percy Smith, President of the Polynesian Society.]
  • Preface. — [By the Author.]
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Index
• • Chapter I. Introductory
  • Chapter II. Bodily Characteristics
  • Chapter III. Mental Characteristics and Propensities
  • Chapter IV. Birth, Etc
  • Chapter V. Games.—Music.—Language
    • Games
    • Music
    • Language
  • Chapter VI. Poetry, Song, Proverbs. Fables.—Tribal Mottoes
    • Poetry, Song, Proverbs
    • Fables
      • [preamble]
      • The Battle of the Birds
    • Tribal Mottoes
  • Chapter VII. Food, Cultivation, Etc. Canoes
    • Food, Cultivation, Etc
    • Canoes
  • Chapter VIII. Rank, Rights of Property. Habits
    • Rank, Rights of Property
    • Habits, Etc
  • Chapter IX. Chiefs and Priests.—Slaves and Servitude.—Names of Places, Etc
    • Chiefs and Priests
    • Slaves and Servitude
    • Nomenclature
  • Chapter X. The Dog and Other Animals.—The Moa.—Fishing
    • The Dog and Other Animals
    • The Moa
    • Fishing
  • Chapter XI. Tapu.—Curses.—Dreams and Omens.—Offerings
    • Tapu
    • Curses
    • Dreams And Omens
    • Offerings
  • Chapter XII. Textiles.—Dress.—Ornaments
    • Textiles
    • Dress, Ornaments, Etc
    • Tattooing
  • Chapter XIII. Houses, Habitations, Etc
  • Chapter XIV. Marriage, Etc
  • Chapter XV. Forts.—Weapons.—Tools.—Mana
    • Forts
    • Weapons, Etc
    • Tools, Etc
    • Mana
  • Chapter XVI. War (including War Omens and Murder, Preserved Human Heads)
    • War, War Omens and Murder
    • Preserved Human Heads
  • Chapter XVII. Whare-Kura.—Genealogies.—Burial.—Heavenly Bodies
    • Whare-Kura
    • Genealogies
    • Burial, Etc
    • Heavenly Bodies
    • The Moon
  • Chapter XVIII. The Future World.—Ghosts.—Notion Of Scientific Facts
    • The Future World
    • Ghosts
    • Notions of Scientific Facts
  • Chapter XIX. Myths and Traditions
  • Chapter XX. Religion and Cosmogony
  • Chapter XXI. The Tohunga and Witchcraft.—Fairies, Ogres, Monsters, Etc
    • The Tohunga and Witchcraft
    • Fairies, Ogres, Monsters, Etc
  • Chapter XXII. The Whence of the Maori—Former Inhabitants
    • The Whence of The Maori
    • Former Inhabitants
  • Chapter XXIII. The Moriori
  • Chapter XXIV. Modern History
• Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • References

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Title: The Maori Race

Author: Edward Tregear

Publication details: Archibald Dudingston Willis, 1904, Wanganui

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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