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Oceanic Mythology: Part I. Polynesia: Chapter IV. Summary

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IN the foregoing pages we have endeavoured to present some of the more important and characteristic myths from Polynesia. Forced to give undue emphasis to three or four of the many groups because of the paucity of material from all but these, we may, nevertheless, gain a pretty clear impression of the type of tales once current throughout the entire area. In the presentation of the material and in its discussion resemblances have been pointed out between the various island-groups, both within…

Oceanic Mythology: Part I. Polynesia: Chapter IV. Summary

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