Original Authors: Written down by H. T. Whatahoro from the teachings of Te Matorohanga and Nepia Pohuhu
Date Written: 19th century
Reprint: 1913-15
Translator: S. Percy Smith (1913)
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The Lore of the Whare-wānanga
Credit:
Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury
Edited by S. Percy Smith
Summary:
The complete public-domain edition of The Lore of the Whare-wānanga, containing both Te Kauwae-runga ("Things Celestial") and Te Kauwae-raro ("Things Terrestrial"). Published by the Polynesian Society in the early twentieth century and made available through Sacred Texts, this edition preserves Māori cosmology, creation traditions, genealogy, migration histories, and traditional knowledge recorded from the teachings of the whare wānanga.
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1913-1915 (original publication)"
The Lore of the Whare-wānanga
Credit: Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, translated and edited by S. Percy Smith
Summary:
A collection of Māori sacred traditions, cosmology, genealogy, and ancestral teachings recorded from the teachings of traditional whare wānanga, preserving knowledge concerning creation, the gods, and the origins of humanity.
Publication Date: 1913
The Lore of the Whare-wānanga (Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology) (Volume 1) Te Kauwae-runga or "Things Celestial"
Credit: Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury.
Edited by S. Percy Smith
Summary:
A Cambridge Library Collection reprint of the first volume of The Lore of the Whare-wānanga, preserving Māori cosmology, creation traditions, genealogies, sacred knowledge, and teachings concerning the atua and the formation of the universe. The volume records knowledge traditionally associated with the higher teachings of the whare wānanga and remains one of the most important published sources of traditional Māori spiritual thought.
Publication Date: 2011 (Cambridge Library Collection edition)
The Lore of the Whare-Wananga, Volume 2: Te Kauwae-Raro or 'Things Terrestrial' (Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology)
Credit:
Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury
Edited by S. Percy Smith
Summary:
A Cambridge Library Collection reprint of the second volume of The Lore of the Whare-wānanga, preserving Māori migration traditions, whakapapa, tribal histories, ancestral narratives, and teachings concerning the settlement of Aotearoa. Complementing the cosmological focus of Volume 1, this volume records traditions associated with the earthly and historical dimensions of Māori knowledge, providing an invaluable record of ancestral teachings preserved through the whare wānanga tradition.
Publication Date:
2011 (Cambridge Library Collection edition)
The Lore of the Whare-wānanga. Volume 2: Te Kauwae-raro or ‘Things Terrestrial'
Credit:
Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury
Edited by S. Percy Smith
Summary:
The second volume of The Lore of the Whare-wānanga focuses on Māori tribal traditions, migrations, whakapapa, settlement histories, and accounts concerning the origins of the people of Aotearoa. Complementing the cosmological focus of Volume 1, this volume preserves teachings associated with earthly history, ancestry, and the movements of the ancestors.
Publication Date:
2011 (Cambridge Library Collection edition)
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