Handbook of Polynesian mythology / Robert D. Craig.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Handbooks of world mythologyالناشر:Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2004]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2004وصف:xvi, 353 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1576078949 (hbk)
- 9781576078945 (hbk)
- BL2620.P6 C72 2004
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011072342 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011072343 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Creation and the cosmos -- Deities, themes, and concepts -- Annotated print sources -- Internet web sites.
The Handbook of Polynesian Mythology captures the little known richness and scope of a culture that spread from a single mysterious source to encompass the lands of New Zealand, Easter Island, Hawaii, Samoa, and Tonga. It introduces the people, history, and languages behind the mythology, including the oral traditions that kept it alive for centuries. Encounters with the West introduced Polynesian mythology to the worldand sealed its fate as a casualty of colonialism. But for centuries before the Europeans came, that mythology was as vast as the triangle of ocean in which it flourished, as diverse as the people it served, and as complex as the mythologies of Greece and Rome. Students, researchers, and enthusiasts can follow vivid retellings of stories of creation, death, and great voyages, tracking variations from island to island. They can use the book's reference section for information on major deities, heroes, elves, fairies, and recurring themes, as well as the mythic implications of everything from dogs and volcanoes to the hula, Easter Island, and tattooing (invented in the South Pacific and popularized by returning sailors).