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Page 200
With the Earl of Wind , Master of Cloud and Master of Rain , Hwanung descended
upon the summit of the Great White Mountain by the Sacred Sandlewood Tree .
Hwanung called the spot the Sacred City and he was known as the Heavenly ...
With the Earl of Wind , Master of Cloud and Master of Rain , Hwanung descended
upon the summit of the Great White Mountain by the Sacred Sandlewood Tree .
Hwanung called the spot the Sacred City and he was known as the Heavenly ...
Page 219
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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113 , 163 cremation 62 , 152 ship burials 127 Tonga 215 , 217 - 18 , 220 , 223 ,
226 - 7 tortoises 147 , 151 , 271 totemism 233 , 238 trees and forests 7 , 54 , 61 -
2 , 101 , 114 , 126 - 7 , 142 , 210 , 219 , 254 , 260 , 284 , 288 , 300 tree - cutting
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113 , 163 cremation 62 , 152 ship burials 127 Tonga 215 , 217 - 18 , 220 , 223 ,
226 - 7 tortoises 147 , 151 , 271 totemism 233 , 238 trees and forests 7 , 54 , 61 -
2 , 101 , 114 , 126 - 7 , 142 , 210 , 219 , 254 , 260 , 284 , 288 , 300 tree - cutting
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