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This article is concerned with cosmological concepts of the peoples of Polynesia in the Pacific. Following a creation myth from Tahiti, the authors explore the realms of te ao (the world of space and light which came to be inhabited by humans) and te po (the engulfing darkness, associated with the n...

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Main Author: Wilhelmina Haslwanter, Katharina (auth)
Other Authors: Nuku, Maia (auth), Haslwanter Wilhelmina, Katharina (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Published: Scheidegger & Spiess 2014
Subjects:
Polynesia
Material culture
Cosmology & the universe
material culture
ritual
pacific
te ao, te po
artefacts
mana
objects
polynesia
cosmology
anthropology
te ao
te po
Austral-Inseln
Ethnographie
Kosmologie
London
Marquesas
Perlmutt
Tahiti
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