Maori Religion and Mythology (eBook)

Edward Shortland (Autor)

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2018
113 Seiten
Books on Demand (Verlag)
978-3-7481-1213-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Maori had no tradition of the Creation. The great mysterious Cause of all things existing in the Cosmos was, as he conceived it, the generative Power. Commencing with a primitive state of Darkness, he conceived Po (=Night) as a person capable of begetting a race of beings resembling itself. After a succession of several generations of the race of Po, Te Ata (=Morn) was given birth to. Then followed certain beings existing when Cosmos was without form, and void. Afterwards came Rangi (=Heaven), Papa (=Earth), the Winds, and other Sky-powers, as are recorded in the genealogical traditions preserved to the present time.
We have reason to consider the mythological traditions of the Maori as dating from a very antient period. They are held to be very sacred, and not to be repeated except in places set apart as sacred.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • Maori • maori folklore • maori religion • maori shamanism
• ISBN-10: 3-7481-1213-0 / 3748112130
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7481-1213-6 / 9783748112136