Māori oral literature : as seen by a classicist / Agathe Thornton.
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TextPublication details: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia, 1999Edition: Revised editionDescription: 91 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1877241431; 9781877241437Other title: Māori oral literature as seen by a classicistSubject(s): Māori (New Zealand people) -- Folklore | Oral tradition -- New Zealand | Mythology, Māori | Philosophy, Māori | Māori literature | Atua | Tikanga tuku iho | PūrākauDDC classification: 899.442 LOC classification: GR375 | .T56 1999| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Māoritanga | Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Non Fiction | Māoritanga | 899.442 THOR (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | I2024152 |
Maori oral literature as seen by a classicist.
Slightly extended version of author's lectures given in 1986 in honour of Professor Macmillan Brown - acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85).
Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Jane McRae -- I.A story and a song -- II. Cosmogony -- III. Oral art -- Notes -- References -- Charts -- Chart 1 : Te Rangikaheke's three manuscripts 43, 44 and 81 -- Chart 2 : Ngahue and greenatone -- Chart 3 : Odyssey 21 -- Chart 4 : Maui.
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