Research Catalog

Title

Folk-tales of the Māori / by A. A. Grace.

Author

Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus), 1867-1942

Publication

Christchurch [N.Z.] : Cadson Publications, 2008.

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Details

Description

vii, 270 p.; 21 cm.

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Folklore
• Tales > New Zealand
• Legends > New Zealand
• Mythology, Māori
• Pūrākau

Genre/Form

• Folklore
• Folklore.

Note

• First ed.: Christchurch, N.Z. : Gordon and Gotch, 1907.
• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Puta and her dog -- Tito and Pirita -- The girl who was courted with eels -- The demon-slayers -- Dream-fowls -- The remarkable experiences of Putawai -- The Kiritea girl -- The marriage of the Ngarara -- The little albino -- The tame taniwha -- The beautiful bag girl and the shadow -- The devil that played cards -- The flame and her two husbands -- Fish-hooks -- The angel-wife -- The demon of the albinos -- The rival wizards -- The courting of Kirika -- The talking taniwha -- The wizard who knew too much -- Te Ihonga and the taniwha -- The be-devilled eeler -- The tale of the immoral Ngarara -- Potted pigeons -- The blind fisherman -- The strange elopement of tinirau -- The moon girl.

ISBN

• 1877346195 (pbk.)
• 9781877346194 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 235952911
• SCSB-10715596

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library