VARIATIONS OF MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF FIRE IN EASTERN POLYNESIA

• Authors: Bučková Martina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The authoress analysed in this study the most completely recorded variants of the Maui myths concerning the origin of fire in Eastern Polynesia. Those myths show the diversity of form assumed in each island. No two islands have an identical myth about the origin of fire. This diversity is most probably caused by narrative traditions and by individual interpretations made by each tribe. But the figure of Maui which appears in the great majority of noted myths of Eastern Polynesia confirms their common origin.

Keywords

EN

CULTURAL HERO; EASTERN POLYNESIA; MAUI; MYTHS; ORIGIN OF FIRE; POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 324-343
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bučková Martina

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Martina Buckova, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA086621