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Māori myths & tribal legends

Title
Māori myths & tribal legends / retold by Antony Alpers ; illustrated by Patrick Hanly.
Author
Alpers, Antony, 1919-1997
Publication
London : John Murray, 1964.

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Description
252 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Retelling of legends from earlier compilations such as Grey's "Polynesian mythology", 1855, intended as a mirror of the culture of a people native to New Zealand.
Alternative Title
Māori myths and tribal legends
Subject
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Folklore
  • Legends > New Zealand
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Legends
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Religion
  • Maoris > Folklore
  • Maoris > Légendes
  • Maoris > Religion
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Religion
  • Legends
  • Māori (New Zealand people)
  • Pūrākau
  • New Zealand
Genre/Form
  • Legends
  • Folklore
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Signed on half-title 'N[illegible word] Fisher.'
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical references included in "The sources and the background" (p. [231]-243)
Provenance (note)
  • Fisher, N[?], signer
Binding (note)
  • Pub. orange pictorial bds. gilt, orange pictorial dust jacket and blue pictorial endpapers.
LCCN
66089179
OCLC
  • ocm04888303
  • 4888303
  • SCSB-444569
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library