among the Maoris, 13 _sqq._;
among the Tongans, 68;
black, not practised in Samoa, 161;
in the Society Islands, 300, 325 _sq._;
in Hawaii, 405 _sq_.
_See_ Sorcerers
Magicians (Maori), 13 _sqq._
Mahoike, god of the infernal regions, original possessor of fire, 350
Mahoui, a god, apparently identical with Maui, 266 _n._^4, 286 _n._^5
Maitea, one of the Society Islands, 246
Malays, how related to the Polynesians, 2 _sqq._
Man, the creation of, 393
_Mana_, 42
Manaia, 13, 23
Mangaia, one of the Hervey Islands, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228,
232, 233, 237, 238, 239, 240, 244
Manona, Samoan island, 149
Manua, group of Samoan islands, 149, 155, 158, 162, 215
Maoris, 5 _sqq._;
their culture, 8 _sqq._;
beliefs concerning the souls of the living, 10 _sqq._;
beliefs concerning the souls of the dead, 19 _sqq._;
their notion as to the cause of death, 16;
their story of the origin of death, 16 _sqq._;
mourning, 19 _sq._;
disposal of the dead, 20 _sqq._;
their conception of deity, 35 _sq._;
taboo among the, 37 _sqq._, 432
Mapuhanui, a Marquesan god, 368
_Marae_. _See Morai_
_Marae_, a sacred grove, 225 _n._^3, 240, 241
_Marai_. _See Morai_
Marchand, Captain E., 358 _n._^6, 371
Marcuse, A., 393
Mariner, William, 62, 64, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78 _sq._, 80,
82, 83, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98 _n._, 99, 102,
103, 110 _n._^1, 127, 135, 136, 138, 141, 142, 143
Marquesan islanders, 331 _sqq._
Marquesas Islands, 328 _sqq._;
_morais_ (_marais_) in the, 116 _sqq._
Marriage rites, 288 _sq._, 311
Martin, John, 64
Maruiwi, primitive inhabitants of New Zealand, 8
Mask worn by an actor personifying a ghost, 306
Masons in Tonga, 127
_Matabooles_, minister of Tongan nobles, 65, 66, 74, 85, 76, 77, 79,
85, 87, 121, 136, 139
Mateialona, Governor of Haapai, 126
Mats, fine Samoan, 168 _sq._;
Hawaiian, 381 _sq._
Maui, mythical Polynesian hero, 266 _n._^4;
his contest with the goddess of death, 16 _sqq._;
said to have drawn up the Tongan Islands on a fish-hook, 72;
puts god Hikuleo in durance, 88;
said to have brought great stones from Uea, 125;
a kind of Polynesian Hercules, 126;
brought fire to men, 226, 239;
his exploits, 275, 287 _n._, 396
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