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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Preface to the First Edition
  4. Preface to the Second Edition
  5. Polynesian Mythology
    1. The Children of Heaven and Earth
    2. The Legend of Māui
    3. The Legend of Tāwhaki
    4. The Legend of Rupe
    5. The Legend of Kae’s Theft of the Whale
    6. The Legend of Tūwhakararo
    7. The Legend of Rātā
    8. The Legend of Toitehuatahi and Tamatekapua
    9. The Legend of Poutini and Whaiapu
      1. The Discovery of New Zealand
      2. Construction of Canoes to Emigrate to New Zealand
    10. The Voyage to New Zealand
    11. The Curse of Manaia
    12. The Legend of Hatupatu and His Brothers
    13. Legend of the Emigration of Turi
    14. Legend of the Emigration of Manaia
    15. The Story of Hinemoa
    16. The Story of Marutūāhu, the Son of Hotunui, and of Kahureremoa, the Daughter of Paka
    17. The Two Sorcerers
    18. The Magical Wooden Head
    19. The Art of Netting Learned by Kāhukura from the Fairies
    20. Te Kanawa’s Adventure with a Troop of Fairies
    21. The Loves of Takarangi and Raumahora
    22. Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga
    23. The History of Pāoa, the Ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa Tribe
  6. Appendix I: On the Native Songs of New Zealand
  7. Appendix II: On New Zealand and Polynesian Ethnology
  8. Endnotes
  9. List of Illustrations
  10. Colophon
  11. Uncopyright

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  1. Polynesian Mythology
  2. Endnotes
  3. List of Illustrations