Journeys Through Dreamtime: Oceanian Myth

by Time-Life Books

• ISBN13: 9780705436236
• ISBN10: 0705436233
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

It's the cultural information that never seems to make it into history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests, magic symbols. This series captures, culture by culture, the intersection of imagination, history, wisdom, dream, and reality.

Table of Contents

An Unseen World	6	(16)
The First Australasians	8	(4)
Native New Guinea	12	(2)
The Melanesian Melting Pot	14	(4)
The Pacific Adventurers	18	(4)
A Timeless Land	22	(30)
Dreaming the Earth	24	(4)
Deluge of Destruction	28	(2)
The Serpent and the Rainbow	30	(4)
Spirit of the Ancestral Sisters	34	(2)
Creator of Bounty and Abundance	36	(2)
The Melatji Law Dogs	38	(2)
The Making of Humankind	40	(2)
Rich Ochres of Parachilna	42	(2)
Conceiving Clans and Cultures	44	(2)
The Powers of Sibling Pairs	46	(2)
Picture Essay: The Battle of Uluru	48	(4)
The Rich Cycle of Life	52	(28)
The Unity of People and Nature	54	(2)
A Living Water Source	56	(2)
The Greatest Gift	58	(2)
The Embodiment of the Eaglehawk	60	(2)
The Diversity of Birds	62	(2)
A Story-Filled Landscape	64	(2)
Koopoo the First Kangaroo	66	(2)
Gifts of Swamp and Sea	68	(2)
Wonders of the Heavens	70	(2)
Turning the World Upside-down	72	(2)
Mysteries of the Spirit World	74	(2)
Death's Inevitability	76	(2)
Picture Essay: Ancestral Dances	78	(2)
The Myriad Beliefs of Melanesia	80	(18)
Life and the Loss of Immortality	82	(2)
Deeds of the Heroes	84	(4)
A World of Men and Women	88	(2)
Respect for the Animals	90	(2)
A Fijian Hierarchy	92	(2)
Afek the Spirit Heroine	94	(2)
Picture Essay: Sanctums of the Spirits	96	(2)
Polynesian Paradise	98	(36)
The Seeds of Life	100	(2)
Ingredients of the Universe	102	(2)
Rangi and Papa, Creators Supreme	104	(2)
The Quarrelsome Elements	106	(2)
First Man Tiki	108	(2)
A Dynasty of Nobles	110	(2)
Artistry in Wood and Flesh	112	(2)
The Annual Cycle of Ku and Lono	114	(2)
Powers to Destroy and Powers to Heal	116	(4)
Springboard to the Eastern Pacific	120	(4)
The Closeness of the Sea	124	(2)
Maui the Trickster Hero	126	(2)
The Afterworld	128	(2)
The Mysteries of Easter Island	130	(2)
Picture Essay: The Beauty of Tattooing	132	(2)
The Oceanian Legacy	134	(4)
Glossary and Index	138	(6)
Further Reading and Picture Credits	144