Lore of the whare-wÄnanga, the
Auteur :
Whatahoro, H. T.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108040099
Date de publication :
8 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
300 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Maori texts in this 1913–15 publication were written down over fifty years earlier by W.H. Whatahoro, acting as scribe for senior Maori elders. Whatahoro himself assisted the retired government surveyor Stephenson Percy Smith (1840–1922) with the accompanying English translation. Volume 1 focuses on the gods and creation.