Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs

by George Grey

This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1885 edition by H. Brett, Auckland.

Genres: Mythology, Religion

507 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1854

About the author

Sir George Grey, KCB was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), Premier of New Zealand and a writer.

Reviews

[Asher]

This is an invaluable resource for contemporaneously recorded Māori mythology; it is, however, not written in particularly modern language.