LIST OF CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
INTRODUCTION. With 2 Illustrations[1]
I.TIKI—THE ANCESTOR OF MANKIND. With 3 Illustrations[5]
II.THE CREATION OF HAWAIKI. With 3 Illustrations[9]
III.THE POI-DANCE. With 3 Illustrations[15]
IV.THE CREATION OF THE STARS. With 5 Illustrations[20]
V.THE CHANT OF RANGI-NUI. With 2 Illustrations[26]
VI.TANE—THE CREATION OF NATURE. With 2 Illustrations[30]
VII.THE FIGHT OF NIGHT AND DAY. With 2 Illustrations[34]
VIII.MAUI—THE CREATION OF NEW ZEALAND. With 6 Illustrations[37]
IX.MAHUIKA. With 2 Illustrations[52]
X.MAUI AND MAHUIKA; MAUI’S FIGHT WITH THE SUN. With 3 Illustrations[56]
XI.THE DEATH OF MAUI. With 2 Illustrations[62]
XII.TE AROHA O HINEMOA: a Legend. With 2 Illustrations[66]
XIII.MAUI AND IRAWARU: a Tradition. With 1 Illustration[71]
XIV.NGA PATU-PAIAREHE, THE CHILDREN OF THE MIST [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations[74]
XV.TIHI-O-TE-RANGI. With 3 Illustrations[80]
XVI.THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. With 3 Illustrations[86]
XVII.THE COMING OF THE MAORI [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations[93]
XVIII.TRADITION—TAMA-TE-KAPUA. With 4 Illustrations[100]
XIX.A TANGI. TE REINGA [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations[107]
XX.NGAWAI. THE BURIAL OF TE HEU-HEU ON TONGARIRO. With 4 Illustrations[114]

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.HUPENE, THE OLD TOHUNGA[Frontispiece]
2.MATAPO, A BLIND TOHUNGA[9]
3.TANE, THE GOD OF TREES[11]
4.THE BIRTH OF MAUI AT MAHIKU-RANGI[17]
5.TANE SEARCHING FOR THE DWELLING OF THE EVENING STAR AND THE MORNING STAR[21]
6.NGAWAI, A MAORI CHIEFTAINESS[27]
7.TANE AND THE TREES[31]
8.MAUI ENTERS HINE-NUI-TE-PO’S PATAKA[35]
9.MAUI[37]
10.A TOHUNGA[41]
11.MAUI CHANTING INCANTATIONS[45]
12.MAUI FISHING NEW ZEALAND OUT OF THE OCEAN[49]
13.TARANGA, THE NIGHT-SUN, AND MAUI[53]
14.MAUI’S FIGHT WITH THE SUN[57]
15.HINE-NUI-TE-PO KILLING MAUI[63]
16.HINEMOA[67]
17.MAUI AND IRAWARU[71]
18.THE MAORIS AND THE FAIRY PEOPLE[77]
19.A TANGI[83]
20.A GIANT[87]
21.THE BATTLE[91]
22.HAWAIKI[95]
23.THE JOURNEY[97]
24.THE FIRST OFFERING TO THE GODS[101]
25.THE BREAKING OPEN OF THE GATES OF HEAVEN[105]
26.TE HEU-HEU[107]
27.TE REINGA[111]
28.THE BURIAL[117]