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... dead ; the other the living . Doubtless the worship of Tangaroa , Rongo , Tane , and possibly the Lizard god of Tongaiti , represented a much earlier and more widely - diffused system of idolatry than prevailed 1 Bottom of Hades . here ...
... dead ; the other the living . Doubtless the worship of Tangaroa , Rongo , Tane , and possibly the Lizard god of Tongaiti , represented a much earlier and more widely - diffused system of idolatry than prevailed 1 Bottom of Hades . here ...
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... dead body of the murdered Ruanuku , and buried it . At a well - known spot on the south of the island afterwards landed Utākea , who lived peaceably with his brother Kereteki . Both lived and died on Mangaia . Very strangely indeed ...
... dead body of the murdered Ruanuku , and buried it . At a well - known spot on the south of the island afterwards landed Utākea , who lived peaceably with his brother Kereteki . Both lived and died on Mangaia . Very strangely indeed ...
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... dead - gods , " as their worshippers were ever eligible for the altar of dread Rongo , who lived in the shades . 66 The word " io , " commonly used for " god , " properly means " pith , " or core " of a tree . What the core is to the ...
... dead - gods , " as their worshippers were ever eligible for the altar of dread Rongo , who lived in the shades . 66 The word " io , " commonly used for " god , " properly means " pith , " or core " of a tree . What the core is to the ...
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... dead body for the purpose of severing the navel string , thus indicating the absolute sway he would exercise over the lives of his subjects upon succeeding to the throne of his father . It is often said to an ill - tempered person , " E ...
... dead body for the purpose of severing the navel string , thus indicating the absolute sway he would exercise over the lives of his subjects upon succeeding to the throne of his father . It is often said to an ill - tempered person , " E ...
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... dead , confessed himself to be vanquished ; and fearing for his life , gladly agreed to the demand of Maui , that in future he should be a little more reasonable and deliberate in his movements through the heavens , so as to enable the ...
... dead , confessed himself to be vanquished ; and fearing for his life , gladly agreed to the demand of Maui , that in future he should be a little more reasonable and deliberate in his movements through the heavens , so as to enable the ...
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