Maori Religion and Mythology

MAORI RELIGION

AND

MYTHOLOGY.

WILLIAM ATKIN, GENERAL PRINTER,

HIGH STREET, AUCKLAND, N.Z.

Maori Religion

and

Mythology.

ILLUSTRATED BY TRANSLATIONS OF TRADITIONS,

KARAKIA, &c.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

NOTES ON MAORI TENURE OF LAND.

BY

EDWARD SHORTLAND, M.A., M.R.C.P.,

LATE NATIVE SECRETARY, NEW ZEALAND,

AUTHOR OF

“TRADITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS.”

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1882.

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OF

SIR WILLIAM MARTIN

THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED,

THE AFFECTIONATE TRIBUTE

OF

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