The birth of the universe : Te Whānautanga o te ao tukupū : Māori oral cosmogony from the Wairarapa
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The birth of the universe : Te Whānautanga o te ao tukupū : Māori oral cosmogony from the Wairarapa
Reed Pub., 2004
- : hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index
In English with some Māori texts of manuscripts, and their translation into English
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Why did the Maori, of the Wairarapa in particular, come to write down their oral traditions? How did they do it? And what was changed, or lost, in the translation from oral to literal? These are the questions Professor Agathe Thornton examines in relation to oral traditions of the Wairarapa, and the stories she chooses to compare are major parts of the areas's cosmogony (Cosmogony is the story of how the cosmos came into existence). Of great importance are the dictation of stories from the heavenly world; the Separation of Rangi and Papa, and the ascent of Tane to Io for the Sacred Stones. In the Wairarapa, stories of the heavenly world were recited by three tohunga; Te Matorohanga, Pohuhu and Te Okawhare. Professor Thornton's conclusions provide insight into the way in which the tohunga shaped his narrative performance, as well as commenting on cosmogony stories of greater Polynesia and the relevance of Maori oral traditions in the present day.
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