Research Catalog

Title

Myths and legends of the Pacific / retold by A.W. Reed ; illustrated by Stewart Irwin.

Author

Reed, A. W. (Alexander Wyclif), 1908-1979

Publication

Auckland : Reed, 2000.

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Details

Description

138 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Mythology, Pacific Island
• Legends > Islands of the Pacific
• Tales > Islands of the Pacific

Genre/Form

Folklore

Note

• Originally published as: Fairy tales from the Pacific Islands.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The mouse who was hungry (Caroline Islands) -- The sea monster (Chatham Islands) -- The gift of the eel god (Cook Islands) -- The giant bird ; The spirit-that-changes-people (Fiji) -- The little people of Hawaii ; The goddess of the volcano (Hawaii) -- The first sail (Marshall Islands) -- Young spider in the sky (Nauru) -- The wise brother and the foolish brother (New Britain) -- How the turtle got its shell ; The snake and the cockatoo (New Guinea) -- The Sky Father and the Earth Mother ; The sea fairies ; Hinemoa and Tutanekai (New Zealand) -- The woman who was swallowed by a whale (Niue) -- The boy who came from the sun egg (Palau Islands) --- The sandpiper and the crab (Samoa) -- The foolish canoe paddlers ; Why the moon has a dirty face (Solomon Islands) -- The children who became stars (Tahiti) -- How Maui brought fire to Tonga (Tonga) -- Six men who tried to catch a sunbeam (Vanuatu).

ISBN

0790007398

OCLC

• 46447985
• SCSB-13328853

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library