South Pacific Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South Pacific Mythology write by Jim Ollhoff. This book was released on 2011-08-15. South Pacific Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who is the volcano goddess? What makes "Maui the trickster" so tricky? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of South Pacific Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the desert tribes of Australia to New Zealand's origin of the coconut, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Pacific Mythology
Pacific Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pacific Mythology write by Jan Knappert. This book was released on 1992. Pacific Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Entries discuss the myths and traditions of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Phillipines, and the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest write by Katharine Berry Judson. This book was released on 1916. Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
South Pacific Mythology
South Pacific Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South Pacific Mythology write by Jim Ollhoff. This book was released on 2011-08-15. South Pacific Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who is the volcano goddess? What makes "Maui the trickster" so tricky? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of South Pacific Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the desert tribes of Australia to New Zealand's origin of the coconut, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology write by Robert Dean Craig. This book was released on 1989-10-11. Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size of the United States. In this first reference guide to the mythology of these Vikings of the Pacific, Craig reviews Polynesian legends, stories, gods, goddesses, and heroes in hundreds of alphabetical entries that succinctly describe both characters and events. His wide-ranging and thorough introduction sets the subject in its geographic, historical, anthropological, and linguistic contexts, offering an illuminating overview of the origin of the Polynesians as a distinct people and tracing their voyages and settlements from Indonesia to Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa, the Marquesas, the various islands of eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. The introduction presents fascinating information on Polynesian navigational skills and the voyages themselves, as well as a chart that details the evolution of the thirty Polynesian languages and compares cognates from several of these languages. A simplified pronunciation guide and a selected list of Polynesian dictionaries and/or grammars are provided for those interested in pursuing the richness of the Polynesian languages. This introductory survey gives readers the necessary background to understand the origin, development, and dispersion of the myths throughout the Pacific basin. The Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology is the result of many years of research. The individual entries were gleaned from nearly 300 sources in English, German, French, and Polynesian languages with the majority extracted from a number of primary sources that date generally in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The printed source materials for this volume are fully described and listed by geographical group, including Maori, Cook Islands, Tahitian, Marquesan, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. General collections that retell the Polynesian stories are also surveyed. The entries are alphabetically arranged by major mythological figure; lesser characters can be located in the index. Short bibliographical citations--author, date, and page number--are included at the end of each main entry to direct readers to fuller information contained in the printed sources. An appendix provides valuable supplemental information on Polynesian gods and goddesses. This dictionary is sure to become a basic reference tool for libraries, students, and scholars of Pacific history and culture, as well as for courses in mythology, religion, and philosophy.
