ISBN:
0790007398
Language:
English
Pages:
138 p
,
Ill
,
22 cm
Edition:
1. publ
DDC:
398.20995
Keywords:
Legends
;
Tales
Description / Table of Contents:
The mouse who was hungry (Caroline Islands) -- The sea monster (Chatham Islands) -- The gift of the eel god (Cook Islands) -- The giant bird ; The spirit-that-changes-people (Fiji) -- The little people of Hawaii ; The goddess of the volcano (Hawaii) -- The first sail (Marshall Islands) -- Young spider in the sky (Nauru) -- The wise brother and the foolish brother (New Britain) -- How the turtle got its shell ; The snake and the cockatoo (New Guinea) -- The Sky Father and the Earth Mother ; The sea fairies ; Hinemoa and Tutanekai (New Zealand) -- The woman who was swallowed by a whale (Niue) -- The boy who came from the sun egg (Palau Islands) --- The sandpiper and the crab (Samoa) -- The foolish canoe paddlers ; Why the moon has a dirty face (Solomon Islands) -- The children who became stars (Tahiti) -- How Maui brought fire to Tonga (Tonga) -- Six men who tried to catch a sunbeam (Vanuatu)
Note:
Previously published as: Fairy tales from the Pacific Islands. 1969
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