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The Myth of The Origin of Fire - (Te Ao Hou - No. 54 March 1966)
- Date
- March 1966
- By
- Maori Affairs DepartmentMaori Affairs Department
- Publisher
- Te Ao Hou
- Description
The story of Maui and Mahuika published above is taken from volume II of John White's ‘Ancient History of the Maori’. This particular version was related by a member of Ngati Hau tribe of Wanganui. In many other countries similar stories have been told. Perhaps the most widely known of these is the Greek myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the ...
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- Source
- Te Ao Hou - No. 54 (March 1966)
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