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He sent a bird back to earth with fire in its beak which was placed in certain trees
thus enabling men to obtain fire by rubbing sticks together . Unlike the
Micronesian tricksters the Maui heroes of Polynesia brought fire from
underground .
He sent a bird back to earth with fire in its beak which was placed in certain trees
thus enabling men to obtain fire by rubbing sticks together . Unlike the
Micronesian tricksters the Maui heroes of Polynesia brought fire from
underground .
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Y• Myths Retold u - THE OCTOPUS AND THE RAT THREE LAND ANIMALS
once joined a party of birds to travel in a canoe . When a kingfisher picked a hole
in the bottom of the canoe it filled and sank The birds all flew off . The flying fish ...
Y• Myths Retold u - THE OCTOPUS AND THE RAT THREE LAND ANIMALS
once joined a party of birds to travel in a canoe . When a kingfisher picked a hole
in the bottom of the canoe it filled and sank The birds all flew off . The flying fish ...
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... 127 Bhagaritha , King 144 Bhagavad Gita 147 , 154 Bharat , King 142 Bhumi
146 Bible 22 , 69 , 186 Bifrost 115 birds ... 288 - 9 , 297 bird men 158 , 225 Bird of
Paradise 209 - 10 see also individual species Blackfoot Indians 277 blindness ...
... 127 Bhagaritha , King 144 Bhagavad Gita 147 , 154 Bharat , King 142 Bhumi
146 Bible 22 , 69 , 186 Bifrost 115 birds ... 288 - 9 , 297 bird men 158 , 225 Bird of
Paradise 209 - 10 see also individual species Blackfoot Indians 277 blindness ...
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