The Maori - Volume I
Contents
page vi
page vii
Contents
- List of Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction xiii
- I Physical and Mental Characteristics of the Maori 1
- II The Maori as a Seafarer and Coloniser—the Peopling of New Zealand 20
- III Traditional History and its Teaching—the Whare wananga, or School of Learning 57
- IV Cosmogony and Anthropogeny 85
- V Myth and Folk Lore 124
- VI Religious Beliefs and Practices of the Maori—Maori Magic 232
- VII Social Customs 338
- VIII Social Customs continued—Marriage Customs 442
- List of Authorities 481
- Index 485