The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 2 (of 3) / The Belief Among the Polynesians

by James George Frazer

[55] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 272 sq.

[56] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, p. 273.

[57] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 269-271; id., "Mangaia (Hervey Islands)," op. cit. p. 345.

[58] W. W. Gill, "Mangaia (Hervey Islands)," op. cit. p. 345.

[59] W. W. Gill, Life in the Southern Isles, pp. 71 sq. As to the settlement of a Tongan colony in Mangaia, see id., Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 287 sq. In native tradition the colonists were spoken of as "Tongans sailing through the skies" (Tongaiti-akareva-moana). Their leader was the first high-priest of the god Turanga.

[60] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 152-154.

[61] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, p. 154.

[62] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 154 sq.

[63] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 155-157.

[64] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 157 sq.