TY  - BOOK
AU  - Best,Elsdon
TI  - The astronomical knowledge of the Māori: genuine and empirical ; including data concerning their systems of astrogeny, astrolatry and natural astrology, with notes on certain other natural phenomena 
T2  - Dominion Museum Monograph
SN  - 1869643860
U1  - 520.89/994/42 21
PY  - 1972///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - A.R.Shearer, 
KW  - Astronomy, Māori
KW  - Taiao
KW  - reo
KW  - Tātai arorangi
KW  - Atua
KW  - Matariki
KW  - Whānau mārama
KW  - Tohunga kōkōrangi
KW  - Rā
KW  - Whetū
KW  - Marama
N1  - THE LORE OF THE WHANAU MARAMA --; Maori study of the stars -; Star-lore and its uses -; Sentimental attitude of native mind towards stars -; References to heavenly bodies in song -; Cosmogonic myths --; ORIGIN OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES --; Ure-te-ngangana -; Astronomical myths --; DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION OF HEAVENLY BODIES --; The Milky Way The Ara Matua --; THE SUN --; Tane and Tama-nui-te-ra -; The winter solstice -; Personifications -; The Kura Hau Awatea -; Folk-lore -; The cult of Tane -; Sunworship --; THE MOON --; Hina -; Hine-te-iwaiwa -; Moon-worship -; Rona -; Rongo -; The Waiora a Tane -; Moon connnected with women and child-birth -; THE STARS --; Star-myths -; Heavenly bodies are worlds -; Star-worship -; The Pleaiades -; Heliacal rising of stars -; Time-measuring -; Navigation by stars -; Compass points -; Star names, notes on stars, planets -; Orion -; Magellan clouds -; Venus -; Omens -; Matariki : an important constellation -; The Pleiades year -; Scorpio -; Poutu-te-rangi -; Takurua -; Whanui --; COMETS -; Origin of fire -; Te manu-i-te-ra -; Rongomai -; Tunui-a-te-ika --; METEORS --; MARU --; THE RAINBOW --; Uenuku --; LIGHTNING -; THUNDER -; CLOUDS --; The Cloud children --; CONCLUSIONS --; Maori love of home-land -; The Tatai Arorangi -; Stars as benefactors -; Stars : the salvation of deep-sea -; Voyager; "First published 1922"
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