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Tapu removal in Maori religion

Title
Tapu removal in Maori religion / by Jean Smith.
Author
Smith, Jean.
Publication
Wellington [N.Z.] : Polynesian Society, 1974.

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Polynesian Society (N.Z.). Journal.
Description
96 pages; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Memoir ; no. 40
Uniform Title
Memoirs of the Polynesian Society ; v. 40.
Subject
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Religion
  • Taboo > New Zealand
  • 73.57 cult, rites (ethnology)
  • Taboo
  • Maori (New Zealand people) > Religion
  • Maori's
  • Overgangsriten
  • Religieuze gebruiken
  • Tapu
  • Pūrākau
  • New Zealand
  • New Zealand > Social life and customs
Note
  • Supplement to the Journal of the Polynesian Society.
  • A revision of the author's thesis (B. Litt.), University of Oxford, 1971.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 93-96.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Rites of passage: birth, war, and death (Birth ; War ; Death) -- 2. Tapu removal in ritual (Social and religious passage ; Tapu removal and passage ; Tapu and the gods ; Agents of tapu removal ; Tapu removal and subjugation ; Tapu removal and fixation) -- 3. The creation of life -- and death -- 4. The Pani myth, or the birth of the kumara -- 5. The breaking of tapu -- 6. The relationship of elder and younger brother -- Final remarks)
LCCN
76379872
OCLC
  • ocm02632557
  • 2632557
  • SCSB-168005
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library