Journeys through dreamtime Oceanian myths
Retells myths and legends from the cultures of Oceania, focusing on the aborigines of Australia.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Time-Life Books, BV,
©1999.
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| Series: | Myth and mankind.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Journeys through dreamtime : |b Oceanian myths / |c writers: Tony Allen, Fergus Fleming, Michael Kerrigan ; consultant, Chris Gosden. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Oceanian myths |
| 260 | |a Amsterdam : |b Time-Life Books, BV, |c ©1999. | ||
| 300 | |a 144 pages : |b color illustrations, map ; |c 29 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Myth and mankind | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Retells myths and legends from the cultures of Oceania, focusing on the aborigines of Australia. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a An Unseen World: -- The first Australasians -- Native New Guinea -- The Melanesian melting pot -- The Pacific adventures -- A Timeless Land: -- Dreaming the earth -- Deluge of destruction -- The serpent and the rainbow -- Spirit of the ancestral sisters -- Creator of bounty and abundance -- The Melatji law dogs -- The making of humankind -- Rich ochres of Parachilna -- Conceiving clans and cultures -- The powers of sibling pairs -- Picture essay: the battle of Uluru -- The Rich Cycle of Life: -- The unity of people and nature -- A living water source -- The greatest gift -- The embodiment of the eaglehawk -- The diversity of birds -- A story-filled landscape -- Koopoo the first kangaroo -- Gifts of swamp and sea -- Wonders of the heavens -- Turning the world upside-down -- Mysteries of the spirit world -- Death's inevitability -- Picture essay:ancestral dances -- The Myriad Beliefs of Melanesia: -- Life and the loss of immortality -- Deeds of the heroes -- A world of men and women -- Respect for the animals -- A Fijian hierarchy -- Afek the spirit heroine -- Picture essay: sanctums of the spirits -- Polynesian Paradise: -- The seeds of life -- Ingredients of the Universe -- Rangi and Papa, creators supreme -- The quarrelsome elements -- First man Tiki -- A dynasty of nobles -- Artistry in wood and flesh -- The annual cycle of Ku and Lono -- Powers to destroy and powers to heal -- Springboard to the Eastern Pacific -- The closeness of the sea -- Maui the trickster hero -- The afterworld -- The mysteries of Easter island -- Picture essay: the beauty of tattooing -- The Oceanian legacy: -- Glossary and index. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Pacific Islands. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Aboriginal Australian. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Maori. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Melanesian. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Polynesian. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Myths. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Rupert, Matt tribute. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |t Journeys through dreamtime. |d Amsterdam : Time-Life Books, BV, ©1999 |w (OCoLC)756445600 |
| 830 | 0 | |a Myth and mankind. | |
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