The Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions 6 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03965-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 2626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 209 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 3920 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology

First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it was observed that, due to the introduction of European culture and education, indigenous traditions were dying out. The material was collected by John White (1826–91), an ethnographer, public servant and writer who had arrived in New Zealand as a boy and first began documenting Maori poetry in the 1840s. The first three volumes focus on myths relating to deities, creation, and the Horouta canoe. The second three include narratives about the Tainui migration, intertribal warfare, and the first European settlers. Volume 6 also records genealogies of gods, ancestors and humans that were recited in ritual contexts such as births and burials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. Whare-kura; 2. Mythology of creation; 3. Tane and rebellion of spirits; 4. Division of heaven and earth; 5. Death of Wahie-roa; 6. Death of Wahie-roa; 7. Attempt to murder Ta-whaki; 8. Ta-whaki ascends to heaven; 9. Creation of woman; 10. The god Tane; 11. Creation of man and woman; 12. The deluge. Volume 2: 1. Io; 2. Rona; 3. Tama-nui-a-raki and Mata-ora; 4. Niwa-reka, Hapopo, and Paoa; 5. Maui; 6. Maui; 7. Maui and Mahu-i-ka; 8. Ira-waru and Hina-uri; 9. Tini-rau and Hine-te-iwaiwa; 10. Hine-i-te-puwha; 11. Original canoes. Volume 3: Preface; 1. Ue-nuku and Whena; 2. Ue-nuku; 3. Pou-heni and Hine-kau-i-rangi; 4. Tama-tea and Rongo-kako; 5. Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tupua; 6. Tara-ki-uta and Tara-ki-tai; 7. Nga-ti-ira; 8. Rau-rika; 9. Kui, Tutu-mai-ao, and Turehu; 10. Pa o Nga-toko-ono (The Pa of the Six); 11. The acts of Te-wera; 12. Last migration from Ha-taitai; 13. Tama-i-hara-nui; 14. Nga-ti-mamoe and South Island history. Volume 4: Preface; Introduction; 1. Hape-ki-tu-a-rangi; 2. Tai-nui; 3. The war of Mango; 4. Pahau and Karewa; 5. Ponga and Puhi-huia; 6. Puhi-huia arrives at Tipi-tai; 7. Heke-maru; 8. Tar-ao and Karewa; 9. Hotu-nui; 10. Hoto-nui; 11. Paoa; 12. Paoa; 13. Paoa. Volume 5: Preface; 1. The ancient canoes, and Tai-nui; 2. Hotu-mauea; 3. Journey of Tara to Katikati; 4. Motai; 5. The exploits of Te-ngako; 6. The forts of Tu-Raunga-tao taken; 7. Battles fought previous to those of Mau-inaina and the Totara; 8. The Nga-ti-maru answer by song; 9. An account of an ancient (European) navigator called Rongo-tute; 10. The war between Nga-ti-maru and Nga-ti-whananga; 11. The war of Nga-ti-awa on Hau-raki; 12. The attack of Kohi-rangatira and Te-kanawa on Nga-puhi; 13. The acts of murder by the Nga-puhi on the Hau-raki tribes; 14. How Nga-i-te-rangi obtained possession of Tauranga; 15. Pa at Maketu Taken; 16. The Nga-ti-maru reside in Horo-tiu. Volume 6: Preface; 1. Of the various expeditions of the Wai-koto against the Nga-ti-awa and other southern tribes; 2. Rau-paraha; 3. Rau-paraha goes to Maunga-tautari to fetch the Nga-ti-raukawa tribe; 4. Rau-paraha and war-party go to the Wai-pounamu; 5. Rau-paraha and Rangi-hae-ata; 6. Maori wars; 7. Lands taken in war, and how given to tribes; 8. Attack on Pa at Kai-a-poi; 9. A Maori relic; 10. Wars of Rau-paraha on middle island natives; 11. Death of Europeans at Wai-rau; 12. Genealogy of Te-po; 13. Descendants of Rangi and Papa; 14. Genealogical table of Tiki-au-aha; 15. Offspring of Pae-rangi; 16. Genealogy of Rongo-whakaata.