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Navigating the stars : Māori creation myths /

Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-

Navigating the stars : Māori creation myths / Witi Ihimaera. - [Auckland] : Penguin Random House New Zealand., 2020. - 432 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama downinto the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores ... From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars - bright with gods, ancestors and stories - to guide the way"--Publisher information.

ISBN: 9780143774990 0143774999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Maori (New Zealand people)--Folklore.
Tales--New Zealand.
Pūrākau.
Kōrero nehe.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Folk tales.

LC Class. No.: GR375 / .I45 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 398.208999442

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