This book I will give to as many of my friends as I can, to read then make a journal entry. After it has been to all my friends it will be put up for bookray or given to a friend who will repeat this process!

Cool little short stories, of the Maori!!

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Given to a friend to read!

Good book!

Back to me.

Given to grandma to read..

Some really intriging stories of Maori lore of old, a good read and interesting.

Off to Norway~!!

Please send on as a RABCK, bookray etc when you have read it.
My books don't seem to do very well as wild releases :-)

TBR.

Found this book a bit fascinating. I'll pass it along somehow.

Sent to the winner of the "Author from unusual country" sweepstakes.

Thank you for sending it to me, GronnLivsstil!
The Maori people are still a mystery to me. Heared about them, of course, but I look forward to reading this book and learn some more :-)

Summary:
The Maori people had populated the islands of New Zealand long before the arrivalof the European settler. They had also developed a highly sophisticated tradition of storytelling by the time the white man landed on the shores of the Long White Cloud(Aotearoa). The stories in Folktales of the Maori were collected and edited by Alfred Grace at the beginning of this century and are imbued with the romanticism and imaginative sophistication of Maori myths and legends. Endeavouring to retain as far as possible the colour and atmosphere of the original tales, the author has avoided unnecessary embellishments or changes to the colourful stories.
The majority of the folktales compiled in this book were handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation and pre-date the arrival of the Europeans. A few tales date the time when the Maori and the white settlers came into contact. These stories show that the Maori spirit had remained intact even after assimilation by a foreign culture.