Polynesian Religion
Author | : Edward Smith Craighill Handy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Polynesia |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Edward Smith Craighill Handy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Polynesia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert W. Williamson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2013-11-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1107625696 |
Originally published in 1937, this presents a detailed account of religious and mythical structures in Central Polynesia.
Author | : Robert W. Williamson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2013-11-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1107625769 |
Originally published in 1933, this book forms one of two volumes on the religious, mythical and cosmic structures of Central Polynesia.
Author | : Edward Smith Craighill Handy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Polynesia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Smith Craighill Handy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Polynesia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeffrey Sissons |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1782384146 |
Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches — one the size of two football fields — were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event occurred in the way that it did, this book introduces and demonstrates an alternative “practice history” that draws on the work of Marshall Sahlins and employs Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, improvisation and practical logic.
Author | : Robert Wood Williamson |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Mythology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raymond Firth |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136505504 |
Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, and within a couple of generations, the traditional pagan religion had disappeared. Only a few remote islands such as Tikopia preserved their ancient cults. Over eighty years ago, the author first observed and took part in these pagan rites, and on later visits he studied the change from paganism to Christian faith. Unique in its rich documentation, this book presents a systematic account of the traditional beliefs in gods and spirits and of the way in which these were fused with the social and political structure. The causes and dramatic results of the conversion to Christianity are then described, ending with an examination of the religious situation at the time of the book’s original publication. The book is both a contribution to anthropology and a case study in religious history. It completes the major series of studies of Tikopia society for which the author is famous. It gives the first full account of a Polynesian religious system in a state of change.
Author | : Johannes Carl Andersen |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0486285820 |
Authoritative recounting of myths and legends — gods and creation, nature and supernatural, love and war, revenge, more — plus a lively commentary on Polynesian life and culture. 77 illustrations.
Author | : Robert Dean Craig |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1989-10-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0313069468 |
Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size of the United States. In this first reference guide to the mythology of these Vikings of the Pacific, Craig reviews Polynesian legends, stories, gods, goddesses, and heroes in hundreds of alphabetical entries that succinctly describe both characters and events. His wide-ranging and thorough introduction sets the subject in its geographic, historical, anthropological, and linguistic contexts, offering an illuminating overview of the origin of the Polynesians as a distinct people and tracing their voyages and settlements from Indonesia to Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa, the Marquesas, the various islands of eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. The introduction presents fascinating information on Polynesian navigational skills and the voyages themselves, as well as a chart that details the evolution of the thirty Polynesian languages and compares cognates from several of these languages. A simplified pronunciation guide and a selected list of Polynesian dictionaries and/or grammars are provided for those interested in pursuing the richness of the Polynesian languages. This introductory survey gives readers the necessary background to understand the origin, development, and dispersion of the myths throughout the Pacific basin. The Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology is the result of many years of research. The individual entries were gleaned from nearly 300 sources in English, German, French, and Polynesian languages with the majority extracted from a number of primary sources that date generally in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The printed source materials for this volume are fully described and listed by geographical group, including Maori, Cook Islands, Tahitian, Marquesan, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. General collections that retell the Polynesian stories are also surveyed. The entries are alphabetically arranged by major mythological figure; lesser characters can be located in the index. Short bibliographical citations--author, date, and page number--are included at the end of each main entry to direct readers to fuller information contained in the printed sources. An appendix provides valuable supplemental information on Polynesian gods and goddesses. This dictionary is sure to become a basic reference tool for libraries, students, and scholars of Pacific history and culture, as well as for courses in mythology, religion, and philosophy.