Te Tohunga: The ancient legends and traditions of the Maoris

by W. (Wilhelm) Dittmer

EN·~2 hours

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Illustrated by the author.

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Mythology, Legends & Folklore

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Duration

~2 hours (161K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2017-04-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54610

Subjects

Mythology, Maori Maori (New Zealand people) -- Folklore Folklore -- New Zealand GR

About the author

W. (Wilhelm) Dittmer

1866–1909

Best known for Te Tohunga (1907), this German-born artist and writer brought Māori legends to the page with striking Art Nouveau-style illustrations. His work grew out of years spent in New Zealand, where he painted and exhibited before returning to Hamburg.

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