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- Bastian, 1881, p. 70.
- Perhaps a trace of this sequence of life-forms may be seen in the Maori order of creation; see Smith, 1913, p. 136.
- Fornander, i. 61 ff,
- The more or less detailed creation-myth given by Fornander is not to be taken seriously, for it bears too many clear evidences of missionary teaching to have any value in this connexion.
- Stuebel, p. 59; cf. von Biilow, 1899, pp. 60 fF.
- Cf. Marquesas, supra, p. 10, and see also Christian, p. 187.
- Turner, 1884, p. 4.
- Stuebel, p. 60. For other similar versions see Kramer, 1906, p. 515; Turner, 1884, p. 6.
- Mariner, passim; Reiter, pp. 236 ff.
- Stuebel, pp. 59 ff. For other versions see Turner, 1861, pp. 244-45; id. 1884, pp. 7 ff.
- Cf. the Heaven Father and Earth Mother theme in New Zealand.
- Turner, 1884, p. 7.
- Reiter, pp. 444 ff.
- Bovis, p. 45.
- Cf. the Maori "Io," and see Smith, 1913, pp. no ff.
- Radiguet, pp. 228 ff.
- Fraser, 1891, p. 264; also Kramer, 1906, p. 514.
- Ellis, i. 251.
- Fison, pp. 139 ff.
- For discussion of this episode of the fishing up of the land see infra, p. 44.
- Henry, pp. 51 ff.
- Ellis, i. 100; cf. Society Group, Tyerman and Bennett, ii. 175.
- Polack, i. 17. This author has, however, been regarded as unreliable, so that this statement must be accepted with caution.
- For this type in Samoa see Turner, 1884, p. 7; Society Group, Ellis, i. 96, 249; Marquesas, Radiguet, p. 228; Cook Group, Williams, p. 81; Hawaii, Fornander, i. 62, 211.
- Von den Steinen, p. 507.
- White, i. 149, 155.
- Another very brief version merely states that Tiki was the first man, and Ma-riko-riko ("Glimmer") the first woman, the latter being created by Arohi-rohi ("Mirage") from the warmth of the Sun and Echo; see White, i. 151.
- White, i. 155.
- Fornander, i. 62.
- Ellis, i. 96.
- Shortland, p. 20.
