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A. W. Reed (1908–1979)

Autor(a) de Aboriginal Myths, Legends and Fables

120+ Works 1,316 Membros 9 Críticas

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Obras por A. W. Reed

Maori Myths & Legendary Tales (1998) 78 exemplares
Aboriginal Stories (1994) 68 exemplares
Maori Myth and Legend (1957) 53 exemplares
Aboriginal Legends: Animal Tales (1978) 51 exemplares
Aboriginal words of Australia (1965) 50 exemplares
The Reed Book of Māori Proverbs (1725) — Compiler — 45 exemplares
Aboriginal Stories of Australia (1980) 44 exemplares
Concise Maori Dictionary (1960) 40 exemplares
Myths and Legends of Maoriland (1950) 29 exemplares
Place names of Australia (1973) 25 exemplares
A dictionary of Maori place names (1961) 23 exemplares
Myths and Legends of Australia (1971) 21 exemplares
Maori Legends (1972) 19 exemplares
Myths & Legends of Fiji & Rotuma (1997) 18 exemplares
Aboriginal words and place names (1977) 17 exemplares
Treasury of Maori Folklore (1963) 16 exemplares
The concise Maori handbook (1978) 12 exemplares
Wonder tales of Maoriland (1952) 11 exemplares
Wonder Book of Maori Legends (1973) 11 exemplares
Aboriginal tales of Australia (1998) 11 exemplares
Reed Book of Maori Mythology (2004) 10 exemplares
Illustrated Maori Place Names (2001) 10 exemplares
Maori Tales of Long Ago (1950) 8 exemplares
Bible Story Atlas (1968) 8 exemplares
Favourite Maori Legends (1965) 7 exemplares
Place names of New Zealand (1975) 7 exemplares
Rewi's Last Stand (1944) 5 exemplares
How the Maoris lived (1958) 5 exemplares
Lilliput Maori Place Names (1962) 4 exemplares
Games the Maoris played (1970) 4 exemplares
Legends of Rotorua (1997) 3 exemplares
Concise Maori Encyclopedia (1964) 3 exemplares
The Biggest fish in the world (1974) 3 exemplares
Myths and legends of Polynesia (1974) 3 exemplares
Leggende dell'Australia tribale (2001) 3 exemplares
Young Kauri (1975) 2 exemplares
How the Aboriginals Lived (1977) 2 exemplares
North Island settlers (1970) 2 exemplares
The growth of transport (1968) 2 exemplares
Maori Place Names 1 exemplar
The Islands of the Pacific (1968) 1 exemplar
reeds' Atlas of New Zealand (1952) 1 exemplar
Fiji 1 exemplar
Earth,ocean, sky 1 exemplar
Maori carving (1970) 1 exemplar
Early Tudor Drama 1 exemplar
Mýty a legendy Tichomoří (2002) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Monsters, monsters, monsters (1974) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Giants! Giants! Giants! (1980) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1908
Data de falecimento
1979
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
New Zealand
Ocupações
publisher

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A fairly decent collection of tales. Slightly old-fashioned in presentation and aimed more at children. I found it hard to get into a lot of them, I think the presentation was quite bland in places.
However I enjoyed the introduction to the mythology.
I wonder if there's some rule about culture heroes that says they have to be jerks - a lot of Maui's actions seem to be motivated by jealousy or pettiness!
 
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weemanda | Nov 2, 2023 |
Not a book to read, more of a reference, but I've been on the lookout for collections of Aboriginal / Maori myths and came across this when I was in New Zealand in June. It's exactly what it says on the packet: a book of the different proverbs used by Maori over time, in both the original language and an English translation. They're sorted by broad subject ranges and most of them include a small explanation (or a longer one if the proverb doesn't translate clearly, or uses idioms specific to the Maori).

Excellent for what it is.
… (mais)
 
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murderbydeath | Jan 27, 2022 |
Australia; Place Names
 
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yarrafaye | Apr 26, 2020 |
Picked this up at a used bookstore while on vacation in New Zealand. Lovely introduction to local myths and folktales.
 
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MarysGirl | Aug 8, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
120
Also by
2
Membros
1,316
Popularidade
#19,524
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
9
ISBN
137
Línguas
6

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