{"product_id":"the-ancient-history-of-the-maori-his-mythology-and-traditions-paperback-9781108039611","title":"The Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039611","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished 1887–90, this six-volume compilation of Maori oral literature, with English translations, contains traditions about deities, origins and warfare.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn White (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108039611, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e484 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it was observed that, due to the introduction of European culture and education, indigenous traditions were in danger of dying out. The material was collected by John White (1826–91), an ethnographer, public servant and writer who had arrived in New Zealand as a boy and first began documenting Maori poetry in the 1840s. Volume 3, published in 1887, includes myths of the rainbow god Uenuku, canoe migrations, and legends of the South Island Maori, many of them relating to ancestry, feuds and warfare.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ue-nuku and Whena\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ue-nuku\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pou-heni and Hine-kau-i-rangi\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tama-tea and Rongo-kako\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tupua\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tara-ki-uta and Tara-ki-tai\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nga-ti-ira\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rau-rika\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kui, Tutu-mai-ao, and Turehu\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pa o Nga-toko-ono (The Pa of the Six)\u003cbr\u003e 11. The acts of Te-wera\u003cbr\u003e 12. Last migration from Ha-taitai\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tama-i-hara-nui\u003cbr\u003e 14. Nga-ti-mamoe and South Island history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266060210456,"sku":"9781108039611","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039611i.jpg?v=1696746417","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ancient-history-of-the-maori-his-mythology-and-traditions-paperback-9781108039611","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}