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... Maui of New Zealand , fishing up the island with his en- chanted hook from the bottom of the sea , will take his place in company with the Indian Vishnu , diving to the depth of the ocean in his avatar of the Boar , to bring 274 MYTHOLOGY .
... Maui of New Zealand , fishing up the island with his en- chanted hook from the bottom of the sea , will take his place in company with the Indian Vishnu , diving to the depth of the ocean in his avatar of the Boar , to bring 274 MYTHOLOGY .
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... Maui boasted of his former exploits , and said , ' Let us fearlessly seek whether men are to die or live for ever ; ' but his father called to mind an evil omen , that when he was baptizing Maui he had left out part of the fit- ting ...
... Maui boasted of his former exploits , and said , ' Let us fearlessly seek whether men are to die or live for ever ; ' but his father called to mind an evil omen , that when he was baptizing Maui he had left out part of the fit- ting ...
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... Maui's ances- tress awoke , closed on him and caught him tight , and he was killed . Thus died Maui , and thus death came into the world , for Hine - nui - te - po is the goddess both of night and death , and had Maui entered into her ...
... Maui's ances- tress awoke , closed on him and caught him tight , and he was killed . Thus died Maui , and thus death came into the world , for Hine - nui - te - po is the goddess both of night and death , and had Maui entered into her ...
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... Maui's death , in White , vol . ii . p . 112 , the laughing bird is the patatai or little swamp - rail , which cries at and after nightfall and in the early morning ( Buller , vol . ii . p . 98 ) . [ Note to 3rd ed . ] 1 Mason ...
... Maui's death , in White , vol . ii . p . 112 , the laughing bird is the patatai or little swamp - rail , which cries at and after nightfall and in the early morning ( Buller , vol . ii . p . 98 ) . [ Note to 3rd ed . ] 1 Mason ...
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... Maui in being the Sun - Catcher ; among his various prodigies , he is swallowed by the great fish , and cut out again by his sister.1 South Africa is a region where there prevail myths which seem to tell the story of the world im ...
... Maui in being the Sun - Catcher ; among his various prodigies , he is swallowed by the great fish , and cut out again by his sister.1 South Africa is a region where there prevail myths which seem to tell the story of the world im ...
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