A comparative study of Japanese and Polynesian mythology with particular reference to selected cosmogony and trickster myths
- Description:
- In this thesis, Japanese mythology is compared with Polynesian mythology. Particularly, two Polynesian myths are selected as comparative material. The first one is a Maori cosmogony myth, a South Island version of Tāne, the second one a Samoan trickster myth, The Octopus and the Rat. Tāne is compared with the Japanese cosmogony myth, while The Octopus and the Rat is compared with the Japanese t...
- Display date:
- 1998
- Location:
- Polynesia
- Format:
- Thesis
- Collections:
- UC Research Repository
- Publisher:
- University of Canterbury. Japanese
- Content partner:
- University of Canterbury Library
- Availability:
- Not specified
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