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Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 23 cm, xxii, 528 pp, d/w. Almost as new. Previous ed. published as: Treasury of Maori folklore, Reed, 1963. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; 2024 reprint of the 2021 third edition of a title first published as "Treasury of Maori Folklore" (1963). The second edition (1963) was titled "The Reed Book of Maori Mythology". This 2021 third edition has been revised by Ross Calman. 400 pages. Green boards with silver lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 240 x 157mm. Silver endpapers. Green bookmark ribbon. Text in English. Contents: Editor's note, 2021; Foreword to the 2004 edition; Introduction to the 2004 edition; Preface to the 1963 edition; Creation; Nga atua - The Maori Pantheon; Overworlds and Underworlds; The Maui Cycle; The Tawhaki Cycle; Iwi Atua - Supernatural Peoples; He Tipua - Ogres and Ogresses; Taniwha and Giant Birds; Legends of Earth; Legends of Ocean; Legends of Sky; Tohunga and Makutu; Legends of Giants and Flying Men; Legends of Love and Endurance; Notes; Bibliography; Index. "In this updated edition of the 'Reed Book of Maori Mythology', esteemed editor Ross Calman comprehensively revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) and the many other beings that sit on the continuum between the two. Divided into themes, this elegantly produced volume starts with traditions of the creation of the universe, and the separation of Rangi and Papa, then reviews the pantheon of atua (gods), the overworlds and underworlds. Next are the demigods and supernatural peoples, then legends of earth, ocean and sky, tohunga and makutu, and finally legends of love and endurance. He Atua, He Tangata presents different versions for stories, with sources identified where possible. Calman has modernised the language to give stories a contemporary feel, incorporating updates to the reo, making this timeless work ideal for twenty-first century readers.".…