The Mythology Book

OCEANIA 319 War canoes, or waka tua, are still used in Maori ceremonies. At the annual IRONMAN race in New Zealand, waka escort ...

320 W hen he was a youth, Maui, the great hero of Polynesian mythology, was given the task of guarding the path to the Underworl ...

321 See also: Prometheus helps mankind 36–39 ■ Fire and rice 226–27 ■ Ta’aroa gives birth to the gods 316–17 ■ Tane and Hine-tit ...

322 it, he immediately threw it into a stream. Maui repeated his request and again threw the firebrand away. When Maui asked for ...

323 Ru was in no mood for Maui’s insolence and threatened to throw him into oblivion. Maui persisted in annoying his father, who ...

324 I n the mythology of the Rapa Nui people, who are indigenous to Easter Island, the world was created by a god named Makemake ...

OCEANIA 325 Makemake as depicted in an Easter Island petroglyph carved from red scoria, ca. 1960. Scoria was also used to build ...

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328 C ommunal rites known as the Work of the Gods bound Tikopian society together at every level—mythology, religion, community ...

329 Chiefs of Tikopia meet with officers from the French ship Astrolabe. The explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville and his men visited ...

330 all-seeing god had four eyes, two in front and two behind, and his anger was terrible. An individual who offended Mapusia mi ...

331 out correctly, was an impressive collective act of memory and commitment. The purpose was to maintain contact with the atua, ...

332 I DO NOT FORGET THE GUIDING STARS ALULUEI AND THE ART OF NAVIGATION A luluei is one of the oldest gods of navigation in the ...

333 Islanders spot a coral reef as they sail by Puynipet in the Caroline Islands. These long boats, also used in Hawaii, Samoa, ...

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336 BLUE MEN OF THE MINCH Scottish, 9th century CE The Minch is a strait off the north- west coast of Scotland said to be inhabi ...

DIRECTORY 337 BAYARD THE MAGICAL HORSE French, 12th century CE Bayard, the horse of Renaud, a knight of Charlemagne, was said to ...

338 BALTIC DIVINE TWINS Lithuanian/Latvian, pre-13th century CE Dievs and Velns were divine twins who played a major role in the ...