{"collection":"pac","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/pac/om/om30.htm","path":"pac/om/om30.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/pac/om/om30.htm","text":"1 Gill, 1876, p. 51.\n2 White, ii. 64, 110, 117, 119, 126; but cf. p. 121. See also Westervelt, 1910, p. 17; Gill, 1876, p. 64.\n3 New Hebrides, Codrington, p. 168; Lamb, p. 215; Suas, 1912, pp. 33 ff.; Banks Islands, Codrington, p. 156; New Britain, Rascher, p. 233; von Pfeil, p. 150; Kleintitschen, p. 331; Meier, 1909, pp. 15, . 21; German New Guinea (Bilibili), Dempwolff, p. 69.\n4 The relation between these Melanesian tales and the Maui cycle in Polynesia is by no means sure. In certain cases, doubtless, as in some of the New Hebrides versions, the myths may be comparatively recent importations by Polynesian immigrants, who have settled at various points within traditional times. Elsewhere they possess too strong a Melanesian flavour to be so easily explained.\n5 White, ii. 63, 71, 92; Grey, p. 18; cf. Nieue, Smith, 1903b, pp. 92, 106.\n6 Cf. the Melanesian tale of the child born to the woman abandoned in a tree, in Ker, p. 27.\n7 White, ii. 79, 81.\n8 White, ii. 72. Possibly a reflection of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel?\n9 White, ii. 65, 72, 80; Grey, p. 16.\n10 New Guinea (Goodenough Bay), Ker, p. 23; (Tami) Bamler, p. 537; (Nufoor) van Hasselt, p. 523.\n11 Smith, 1903b, p. 94.\n12 White, ii. 69, 100; Grey, p. 38.\n13 Cf. Cook Group, where Vatea baits a hook with a bit of his own thigh; Gill, 1876, p. 48.\n14 White, ii. 88.\n15 Westervelt, 1910, pp. 12 ff.\n16 Cf. White, ii. 121.\n17 Marquesas, Christian, p. 188; Lesson, ii. 211; Tuamotu, Young, p. 109; Society Group, Moerenhout, i. 446; Cook Group, Smith, 1899, p. 72; Manihiki, Gill, 1876, p. 72; id. 1915, p. 147; Tonga, Mariner, i. 228; Lawry, p. 248; Fison, p. 144; Fraser, 1897, p. 71. It has not been recorded at all from the Chatham Islands.\n18 Stair, 1896, p. 35; Kr\u00e4mer, 1906, p. 54; cf. also von B\u00fclow, 1898, p. 81.\n19 Lawrie, p. 712; Macdonald, 1892, p. 731; id. 1898, p. 761.\n20 Smith, 1892, p. 34.\n21 Newell, 1895a, p. 233.\n22 Kleintitschen, p. 336.\n23 Westervelt, 1910, p. 42. For other versions see Forbes, 1881, p. 59 (reprinted in Thrum, p. 31).\n24 White, ii. 99.\n25 White, ii. 68, 76, 85; Best, p. 97; Grey, pp. 35 ff.\n26 Marquesas, Lesson, ii. 211 ff.; Manihiki, Gill, 1876, p. 70; Society Group, Baessler, 1905, p. 920; Moerenhout, i. 446; Cook Group, Gill, 1876, p. 61; Chatham Islands, Shand, 18947 p. 123; Samoa, Turner, 1861, p. 248.\n27 New Hebrides, Codrington, p. 368; Suas, 1912, p. 50; Macdonald, 1898, p. 767.\n28 Nauru, Hambruch, p. 435.\n29 Rotti, Jonker, 1905, p. 437.\n30 This incident of cooking food by warming it in the sun's rays is also found in Melanesia: New Guinea (Goodenough Bay), Ker, p. 99; (Kerepunu) Gill, 1911, p. 125; Admiralty Islands, Meier, 1907, p. 653; it occurs likewise in Indonesia: Philippines (Bagobo), Benedict, p. 18.\n31 Grey, pp. 22, 45; White, ii. 66, 72, 94.\n32 Some versions state that Maui hid his mother's apron, so that she was thus delayed. See Grey, p. 23; White, ii. 72.\n33 One version states that all Mafuike's fingers and toes were thus served, after which Maui sent rain to put out her smouldering fire, forcing her to reveal the secret of the method of fire-making. See White, ii. 74.\n34 Chatham Islands, Shand, 1894, p. 123; Cook Group, Gill, 1876, pp. 51 ff.; Smith, 1899, p. 73; Marquesas, Radiguet, p. 230; Christian, p. 189; Tregear, 1887, p. 385; Manihiki, Gill, 1876, p. 66; Samoa, Stair, 1896, p. 56; Fraser, 1891, p. 82; Turner, 1861, p. 253; Stuebel, p. 65; Tonga, Lawry, p. 248; Nieue, Turner, op. cit. p. 255; Union Group, id. 1884, p. 270.\n35 New Guinea (Kai), Keysser, p. 202; New Britain, Rascher, p. 234.\n37 R. Taylor, p. 156.\n38 Shand, 1896, p. 209.\n39 Leverd, 1912, p. 3.\n40 Seligmann, p. 399.\n41 Hueting, p. 278; van Dijken, p. 279; van Baarda, p. 455.\n42 New Guinea, Seligmann, p. 379; Woodlark Islands, Montrouzier, p. 371; Hagen, p. 288.\n43 Torres Straits, Haddon, 1904, p. 17; New Guinea, Seligmann, p. 379.\n44 Nauru, Hambruch, p. 442.\n45 Hambruch, p. 389; Torres Straits, Haddon, 1904, p. 13, 16, 20.\n46 New Guinea, Seligmann, p. 380.\n47 Forbes, 1879, p. 59 (reprinted in Thrum, p. 33); Westervelt, 1910, pp. 60, 120.\n48 See supra, Note 38.\n49 But cf. R. Taylor, p. 115, note. Taylor's material is, however, not always wholly trustworthy.\n50 Westervelt, 1910, p. 31; Turner, 1861, p. 245.\n51 While not a parallel, this form of the myth suggests one which occurs in the Philippines and New Hebrides, where the sky was so low, that it interfered with the pounding of rice or the use of the planting stick. As a result of this inconvenience to the woman, the sky was raised. See infra, p. 178.\n52 Bastian, 1894, p. 32; Fraser, 1891, p. 266.\n53 Society Group, Ellis, i. 100; Cook Group, Pakoti, p. 66; Smith, 1899, p. 64.\n54 Cook Group, Gill, 1876, p. 59; Manihiki, ib. p. 71.\n55 Samoa, Nieue, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia, and Tahiti.\n56 Op. cit. p. 54. For other versions see White, ii. 70.\n57 This version, as well as most others, has been treated euphemistically; see Smith, 1913, p. 177.\n58 White, ii. 70, 78, 112.\n59 White, ii. 87, 90; Best, p. 96.\n60 Moerenhout, i. 428.\n61 New Hebrides, Suas, 1911, p. 907; Codrington, pp. 158, 266, 283, 286; Macdonald, 1892, p. 732; id. 1898, p. 764; Lamb, p. 216; New Britain, Kleintitschen, p. 334; Bley, p. 198; New Guinea, Romilly, 1889, p. 154.\n63 White, ii. 89.\n64 Stair, 1896, p. 57; Stuebel, p. 66.\n65 Shand, 1898, p. 81.\n66 White, ii. 77, 86, 111, 118, 121, 124; Grey, p. 50.\n67 The custom of dragging a canoe over a victim to kill him is fairly wide-spread in Polynesia, and is common in Indonesia as an incident in the mythology. See for Halmahera (Tobelo), Hueting, p. 293; (Galela) van Dijken, p. 274; (Loda) van Baarda, p. 454; Celebes (Todjo), Adriani, 1902b, p. 208.\n68 White, ii. 76, 83; 115, 117.\n69 Cf. Admiralty Islands, Meier, 1907, p. 659.\n70 Turner, 1884, pp. 243 ff.; Stuebel, p. 67.\n71 Gill, 1912, p. 128.\n72 Gill, 1876, p. 77.\n73 Baessler, 1905, p. 921.\n74 Cf. Westervelt, 1910, pp. 99 ff. This may possibly be regarded as a related incident.\n75 New Guinea, Seligmann, pp. 388, 397; Romilly, 1889, p. 100; (Nufoor) van Hasselt, p. 520; Admiralty Islands, Meier, 1907, p. 654.\n77 Cf. Hawaii, Thrum, p. 256.\n78 New Guinea (Wagawaga), Seligmann, p. 381; (Goodenough Bay) Ker, p. 96; (Nufoor) van Hasselt, 493; New Britain, Parkinson, p. 684; Bley, p. 200; New Ireland, Peekel, p. 73; Admiralty Islands, Meier, 1907, p. 661.\n79 Nias, Chatelin, p. 117; Philippines (Visayan) Maxfield and Millington, 1906, p. 106.","title":"Oceanic Mythology: Notes: Part I, Chapter II","type":"page"}