Note 518 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 518: This is a common notion among barbarians. "The Polynesians imagine that the sky descends at the horizon and encloses the earth. Hence they call foreigners papalangi, or 'heaven-bursters,' as having broken in from another world outside." Max Müller, Chips from a German Workshop, vol. ii. p. 268.[Back to Main Text]