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MAORI SUPERSTITIONS:
A LECTURE,
BY JOHN WHITE,
INTERPRETER TO THE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT.
DELIVERED FOR THE
"YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,"
IN THE ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
JUNE 20TH, 1856.
Auckland:
PRINTED BY WILLIAMSON AND WILSON,
1856.
[TITLE PAGE]
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MAORI SUPERSTITIONS.
A LECTURE,
BY JOHN WHITE,
INTERPRETER TO THE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT,
DELIVERED FOR THE
"YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,"
IN THE ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
JUNE 20TH, 1856.
Auckland:
PRINTED BY WILLIAMSON AND WILSON,
1856.
[PREFACE]
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PREFACE.
IT was my intention not to have published the following few pages; but at the request of many of my friends, and those who wish to see Maori History put into the hands of the public, so as to rescue it from oblivion, I have for this reason acceded to their request. At the same time, I am fully conscious that as a composition, it is very deficient, but I may add, as the principal part of it is almost translated literally as related to me by various Native Chiefs and Priests, I am emboldened to say that the style is tinctured with a somewhat similar phraseology to the original.
J. W.
Auckland, September 8th, 1856.
[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS.
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Page |
| World, origin of |
5 |
Dog, origin of |
19 |
| Origin of all living things |
6 |
Worship at Whanganui |
20 |
| Kumara, origin of |
7 |
Temple at Whanganui burnt |
20 |
| Cannibalism, origin of |
7 |
Two Men and a Woman taken to Heaven alive |
20 |
| World drowned |
8 |
Maori Paradise |
21 |
| Creation of Man |
8 |
Abode of Spirits |
21 |
| New Zealand fished up |
9 |
The Soul of Man becomes a worm |
21 |
| Mountains and Valleys, how formed |
9 |
Origin of the Moon |
22 |
| Volcanoes, how formed |
10 |
Tides, cause of |
22 |
| Fire, why procured by friction |
11 |
Ancient Marriage Ceremonies |
22 |
| Man, why mortal |
11 |
Ancient Ceremony of Baptism for a Boy |
23 |
| Mamari, Canoe of Ngapuhi |
12 |
Ditto ditto for a Girl |
25 |
| Arawa, Canoe of East Cape District |
15 |
Incantation to make Children's Teeth come |
27 |
| Tainui, Canoe of Whaingaroa |
16 |
Ceremonies in cutting Children's Hair |
27 |
| Aotea, Canoe of Mokau and Waitara |
17 |
Initiation Ceremonies of Maori Priesthood |
28 |
| Tokomaru, Canoe of Taranaki |
17 |
Tattooing, Ceremonies of, for Man |
29 |
| Takitumu, Canoe of Middle Island |
17 |
Ditto, ditto, for Woman |
31 |
| People in New Zealand before the Maori Race |
17 |
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| Names and attributes of Gods |
18 |
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