Title Statements
- Full title :Traditional Māori stories / introduced and translated by Margaret Orbell.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1997 (reprint)
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Reed Pub
- Place of Publication:Auckland, N.Z
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997 (reprint)
Notes
On cover: He Kōrero Māori.
The Physical Object
- Description:192 pages : : black and white illustrations, portraits ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0790005344, 9780790005348
- oclc:ocn222119285
- LC Classification:GR375
- Dewey Decimal:398.20993
Table of Contents
Introduction -- 1. The fairies of Puke-more -- 2. The fairies of Moehau -- 3. Kahu-kura's net -- 4. The fairy who stole a human wife -- 5. Ha-tupatu and the bird-woman -- 6. The woman and the reptile -- 7. The adventures of Ruru-teina -- 8. The tohunga marooned on Whakaari -- 9. The girl carried off by a taniwha -- 10. A taniwha in the Whanganui river -- 11. The man who came back -- 12. The woman brought back from the Underworld -- 13. The lover from the Underworld -- 14. The boy and the seedpod canoe -- 15. The adventures of Hine-poupou and Te Oripāroa -- 16. The woman in the moon -- 17. Houmea the evil mother -- 18. The adventures of Paowa -- 19. Little Tieke, the dancing thief -- 20. The greenstone fish-hook -- 21. Hihi-o-tote the murderer -- 22. The terrible head -- 23. Tītapu's revenge -- 24. The man who coveted his brother's wife -- 25. Taha-rākau's sayings -- 26. The seiege of Whakarewa -- 27. Te Huhuti's swim to her lover -- 28. The young wife -- 29. How Mata-tini won Te Naue -- 30. Te Kahu-rere-moa's journey -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgements.
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