OLAC Record oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:898983 |
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Title: | Tales from old Fiji | |
Creator: | Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907 | |
Date: | 1907 | |
Description: | New impression, 1907, with corrigenda | |
Includes Fijian | ||
Extent: | xlv, 175, [1] pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | |
Format: | unmediated | |
volume | ||
Identifier (URI): | https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=898983 | |
Language: | English | |
Fijian | ||
Language (ISO639): | eng | |
fij | ||
Publisher: | London : A. Moring ltd., the De la More press | |
Spatial Coverage: | Fiji | |
Subject: | 398.209611 | |
Folklore | ||
Manners and customs | ||
Fiji | ||
Subject (LCSH): | Folklore--Fiji | |
Fiji--Social life and customs | ||
Table Of Contents: | Preface.--Introduction.--How the Livuka men came up to windward, by Inoke (Enoch) Wangka-qele.--How the Tongans came to Fiji, by Ratu Taliaitupou, lord of Naiau.--How the Fijians learned to build canoes, by the lord of Naiau.--The story of the sun-child, by the lord of Naiau.--How the Samoans first got pigs, by the lord of Naiau.--Why the kings of Lakemaba are called lords of Naiau, by the lord of Naiau.--How the Fijian ate the sacred cat, by the lord of Naiau.--The story of Longa-Poa, by the lord of Naiau.--How the mosquitos came to Oneata, by the lord of Oneata.--The story of Matandua, by Roko Sokotukevie ("Lord Whither-is-he-sailing")--What the Tongans say about Napoleon, as told by a Tongan.--The beginning of death, as told by Ma'afu, a chief of Tonga.--Appendix | |
Type: | text | |
Type (DCMI): | Text | |
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Archive: | Pacific Collection at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Hamilton Library | |
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DateStamp: | 2016-05-05 | |
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Citation: | Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907. 1907. London : A. Moring ltd., the De la More press. | |
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