Maori myths and tribal legends
Alpers, Antony1996
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The Maori possess an oral literature which has a creation myth of surpassing beauty, a pantheon of gods and heros worthy to rival those of the Greeks, and a store of exciting tribal histories that recall their wars, and the epic journeys they made across the Pacific to escape them. In this book Antony Alpers has preserved all the racy vitality of the originals, with their mixture of humour and violence, tenderness and tragedy and, above all, their superb artistry.
Main title:
Maori myths and tribal legends / retold by Antony Alpers
Edition:
2nd edition
Imprint:
Auckland : Addison Wesley Longman New Zealand Ltd, 1996
Collation:
256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780582705920
Dewey class:
398.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
1975713
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