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As a general rule one finds that the most stratified societies had the most elaborate creation myths . ... A hymn to Ta'aroa from the Society Islands resembles a hymn from the Rig Veda while the ' Kumulipo ' , the Hawaiian hymn of ...
As a general rule one finds that the most stratified societies had the most elaborate creation myths . ... A hymn to Ta'aroa from the Society Islands resembles a hymn from the Rig Veda while the ' Kumulipo ' , the Hawaiian hymn of ...
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In the Society Islands when the cult - followers of Tane were defeated sometime early in the eighteenth century the god of dalliance ' Oro replaced his father ' Ta'aroa as god of the firmament and principal war god .
In the Society Islands when the cult - followers of Tane were defeated sometime early in the eighteenth century the god of dalliance ' Oro replaced his father ' Ta'aroa as god of the firmament and principal war god .
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Carib society and religion were less sophisticated than that of the Taíno , with villages centred on the mens ' meeting house , and their society ruled by war- chiefs . One of the most dramatic and misrepresented aspects of Carib ...
Carib society and religion were less sophisticated than that of the Taíno , with villages centred on the mens ' meeting house , and their society ruled by war- chiefs . One of the most dramatic and misrepresented aspects of Carib ...
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