[15] W. W. Gill, "Mangaia (Hervey Islands)," op. cit. p. 335.
[16] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, p. 293.
[18] In the Hervey Islands a marae seems to have been a sacred grove. So it is described by W. W. Gill (Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, p. 14), who adds in a note: "These maraes were planted with callophylla inophylla, etc., etc., which, untouched by the hand of man from generation to generation, threw a sacred gloom over the mysteries of idol-worship. The trees were accounted sacred, not for their own sake, but on account of the place where they grew."
[19] W. W. Gill, From Darkness to Light in Polynesia, pp. 314 sq. As to the installation of the priestly king by the temporal lord, see also id., "Mangaia (Hervey Islands)," op. cit. pp. 339 sq.
[20] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 3 sqq.; id., "Mangaia (Hervey Islands)," op. cit. pp. 348 sq. As to Rongo and Tangaroa, see E. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Wellington, N.Z., 1891), pp. 424 sq., 463 sq., svv. "Rongo" and "Tangaroa."
[21] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 51-58.
[22] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, p. 58-60.
[23] W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, pp. 61-63.
[24] See above, pp. [182 sqq.], [200 sqq.]