Maori tales & legends
By: collected and retold by Kate McCosh Clark ; with illustrations by Robert Atkinson
Publisher: Southern Reprints
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people); Folklore; Tales; Legends
Other titles: Maori tales and legends.
Notes: Originally published: London : D. Nutt, 1896.
Table of contents: title: Pare and Hutu; title: Rangi and Papatua, or the heavens and the earth; title: Huia, or the tale of the fishing net; title: Maui, the Hercules of the Pacific; title: Hinemoa, or the beautiful Maori maiden of Rotorua; title: Sina and Tuna, the eel-god, or the origin of the coco-nut tree; title: The Twins, or the double star in Scorpion; title: Rata's revenge, the tale of the first greenstone axe; title: Matariki, or the little eyes; title: Rua and Toka, a tale of the deep sea; title: Marama the moon-gos and the woman in the moon; title: Niwareka, Great-Delight; title: Rongo and the lizard-god; title: The blind goddess, and Tawhaki's wonderful climb to the heavens.