Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori PDF Author: James Cowan
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Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori PDF Author: James Cowan
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Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori PDF Author: James Cowan
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Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

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Fairy Folk Tales of the Māori

Fairy Folk Tales of the Māori PDF Author: James Cowan
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Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Purākau

Purākau PDF Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 014377297X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 423

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A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of purakau - Maori myths - by contemporary Maori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . . Ancient Maori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, some are firmly grounded in New Zealand and its landscape. Through countless generations, the stories have been reshaped and passed on. This new collection presents a wide range of traditional myths that have been retold by some of our best Maori wordsmiths. The writers have added their own creativity, perspectives and sometimes wonderfully unexpected twists, bringing new life and energy to these rich, spellbinding and significant taonga. Take a fresh look at Papatuanuku, a wild ride with Maui, or have a creepy encounter with Ruruhi-Kerepo, for these and many more mythical figures await you. Explore the past, from it shape the future . . . The contributors are: Jacqueline Carter, David Geary, Patricia Grace, Briar Grace-Smith, Whiti Hereaka, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera, Kelly Joseph, Hemi, Kelly, Nic Low, Tina Makereti, Kelly Ana Morey, Paula Morris, Frazer Rangihuna, Renee, Robert Sullivan, Apirana Taylor, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Clayton Te Kohe, Hone Tuwhare, Briar Wood.

Maori Myths & Legendary Tales

Maori Myths & Legendary Tales PDF Author: Alexander Wyclif Reed
Publisher: White Cloud Books
ISBN: 9781877246104
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Maori Myths & Legendary Tales was first published in 1946 as Myths and Legends of Maoriland, and subsequently reprinted four times before the second edition was published in 1958, followed by the third edition in 1961. It went on to become one of New Zealand's most recognised books of the genre, winning an Esther Glen medal for the best children's book in 1947, and enjoyed considerable popularity in London, New York and Australia. This new edition retains the work of illustrator Dennis Turner and is presented with a stunning new cover based on the 'Rangi and Papa' mural, by highly acclaimed artist Cliff Whiting, which now hangs in the Beehive in Wellington.

The World Treasury of Fairy Tales & Folklore

The World Treasury of Fairy Tales & Folklore PDF Author: Joanna Gilar
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
ISBN: 1577151275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403

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A collection of stories and fairy tales from various folklore traditions.

The Cultured Chef

The Cultured Chef PDF Author: Nicholas Beatty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991477005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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A not-so-ordinary cookbook for kids filled with unique recipes, whimsical illustrations, and stories about fascinating people and places in all corners of the globe.

Folk-tales of the Maori

Folk-tales of the Maori PDF Author: Alfred Augustus Grace
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Category : Folk-lore, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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The Chinese Fairy Book

The Chinese Fairy Book PDF Author: Richard Wilhelm
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in common with the "Thousand and One Nights" an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing "Nursery Fairy Tales," "Legends of the Gods," "Tales of Saints and Magicians," "Nature and Animal Tales," "Ghost Stories," "Historic Fairy Tales," and "Literary Fairy Tales," probably represent the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers. There is no child who will not enjoy their novel color, their fantastic beauty, their infinite variety of subject. Yet, like the "Arabian Nights," they will amply repay the attention of the older reader as well. Some are exquisitely poetic, such as "The Flower-Elves," "The Lady of the Moon" or "The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden"; others like "How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because Of Two Peaches," carry us back dramatically and powerfully to the Chinese age of Chivalry. The summits of fantasy are scaled in the quasi-religious dramas of "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" and "Notscha," or the weird sorceries unfolded in "The Kindly Magician." Delightful ghost stories, with happy endings, such as "A Night on the Battlefield" and "The Ghost Who Was Foiled," are paralleled with such idyllic love-tales as that of "Rose of Evening," or such Lilliputian fancies as "The King of the Ants" and "The Little Hunting Dog." It is quite safe to say that these Chinese fairy tales will give equal pleasure to the old as well as the young. They have been retold simply, with no changes in style or expression beyond such details of presentation which differences between oriental and occidental viewpoints at times compel. It is the writer's hope that others may take as much pleasure in reading them as he did in their translation.