Cook Islands legends / retold by Jon Jonassen.
Myths, stories and legends which once guided the lives of young Cook Islanders reveal a panorama of history, place names and genealogical identity. The mystique of the tales fascinated many young people who gathered around their elders to hear them illuminate the past.
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Suva, Fiji :
The Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific,
[1981]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Ati and the people from the under world
- 2. Katikatia
- 3. The stolen mountain
- 4. Tamangori the giant
- 5. The battle in Makiukiu
- 6. Tangiia and Karika
- 7. Puaikura
- 8. Ru's canoe
- 9. Otaua and Hikaroa
- 10. The coming of the 'Au.