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Mangaian Society.
Museum Honolulu, Hawaii. p. 174. Gill, W. W. (1876).
Myths and
songs of the
South Pacific.
cited in Te
Rangi Hiroa (1934).
Mangaian...
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convert the
islands to Christianity.
Before the
arrival of the missionaries,
Mangaian society was
characterised by a
violent struggle between war-leaders competing...
- 'noon' or 'light') was a
lunar deity and the
father of gods and men in
Mangaian myth of origin. His eyes were
thought to be the Sun and the Moon; he was...
-
Donald S. Marshall: "
Mangaian informants and co-workers were
quite interested in the
European concept of "love". English-speaking
Mangaians had
previously used...
- Nga****ru
dialect of Atiu, Mitiaro, and Mauke; the
Aitutaki dialect; and the
Mangaian dialect. Cook
Islands Māori and its
dialectic variants are
closely related...
- (Maori
translation of Atiu : an
island Community) A
vocabulary of the
Mangaian language by Christian, F. W. 1924.
Bernice P.
Bishop Bulletin 2. Honolulu...
- into a pair of
coconut trees—the
first coconut trees known to man. In
Mangaian tradition, the coconut's
white flesh is
called "Tuna’s brains", and it...
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examples from
other cultures,
including the
Ugandan Batoro,
Mohave Indians,
Mangaians, and Ponapese. (See also
Chalker 2002 pp. 531–2,
Ladas et al. 1983 pp...
- god of Kish and a war god
Great Gish, god of war 'Oro, god of war Rongo,
Mangaian god of war and taro Kū, god of war and
birds Pele,
goddess of fire, lightning...
-
Peter Buck (Te
Rangi Hīroa),
gives a less
mystical interpretation of this
Mangaian Avaiki: "when Tangi'ia came to
Rarotonga from Tahiti, he
brought with him...