Author:Elsdon Best
Elsdon Best
Works
edit- Waikare-moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters, 1897 short work (external scan)
- "Polynesian Navigators: Their Exploration and Settlement of the Pacific" from Geographical Review, Volume 5. 1918-03-01 (external scan)
- Spiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori (1922) (transcription project)
- The mythopoetic Maori: his genius for personification as seen in his mythological concepts, 1922 (external scan)
- The Maori Division of Time (1922)
Contributions to Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
edit- Tuhoe Land: Notes on the Origin, History, Customs, and Traditions of the Tuhoe or Urewera Tribe (1897)
- The Art of the Whare Pora: Notes on the Clothing of the Ancient Maori, their Knowledge of preparing, dyeing, and weaving Various Fibres, together with some Account of Dress and Ornaments, and the Ancient Ceremonies and Superstitions of the Whare Pora (1898)
- Maori Origins (1899)
- Maori Origins: Part II (1900)
- The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account o£ the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times (1901)
- Maori Magic: Notes upon Witchcraft, Magic Rites, and various Superstitions as practised or believed in by the Old-time Maori (1901)
- Food Products of Tuhoeland: being Notes on the Food-supplies of Non-agricultural Tribes of the Natives of New Zealand; together with some Account of various Customs, Supsrstitions, &c, pertaining to Foods (1902)
- Maori Marriage Customs: being Notes on Ancient Maori Customs, Ritual and Sociological, connected with Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce; together with some Account of the Levirate, and of many Superstitious Beliefs and Ancient Animistic Myths connected with the same, as held and preserved bv the Maori Peoples of the Tuhoe Tribe (1903)
- Notes on Ancient Polynesian Migrants or Voyagers to New Zealand, and Voyage of the "Aratawhao" Canoe to Hawaiki (1904)
- Maori Eschatology: The Whare Potae (House of Mourning) and its Lore; being a Description of many Customs, Beliefs, Superstitions, Rites, &c, pertaining to Death and Burial among the Maori People, as also some Account of Native Belief in a Spiritual World (1905)
- Maori Numeration: Some Account of the Single, Binary, and Semi-vigesimal Systems of Numeration formerly employed by the Maori (1906)
- Maori Forest Lore: Being some Account of Native Forest Lore and Woodcraft, as also of many Myths, Rites, Customs, and Superstitions connected with the Flora and Fauna of the Tuhoe or Ure-wera District: Part I (1907)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.
This author died in 1931, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 92 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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