Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (Hardcover)

1876. Wyatt, a missionary, who spent most of his adult life in the Cook Islands here retells the myths he collected during his years in the South Pacific. Contents: Myths of Creation; Deified Men; Astronomical Myths; The Exploits of Maui; Tree Myths; Ina, The Fairy Voyager Miscellaneous Myths; Hades; or, The Doctrine of Spirit-World; Veetini; or, The Immortality of the Soul; Adventures in Spirit-World; Fairy Men and Women; Death-Talks and Dirges; Human Sacrifices; and The Seasons, Phases of the Moon, etc.