TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornton,Agathe
TI  - Māori oral literature: as seen by a classicist 
SN  - 1877241431
AV  - GR375 .T56 1999
U1  - 899.442 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
PB  - Huia
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Mythology, Māori
KW  - Philosophy, Māori
KW  - Māori literature
KW  - Atua
KW  - reo
KW  - Tikanga tuku iho
KW  - Pūrākau
N1  - 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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