description: First published in 1939, this book gives an account by a social anthropologist of a pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. It omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a theoretical introduction. There is a specially written Epilogue on the final eclipse of the traditional ritual, based on a third visit by the author.
language: English
title: The Work of the Gods in Tikopia
titlecomplete: The Work of the Gods in Tikopia
publisher: Bloomsbury Academic