Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia

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Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia; Roslyn Poignant; Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. From the blurb The great area of the southern hemisphere known as Oceania is aptly named. It is a world of ocean where land, even the mass of Australia and the great island of New Guinea, is dwarfed by the apparently limitless expanse of water and where much of life is lived on tiny islands which look like specks on the map. The myths of Oceania reflect the enormous range of life s experience known to the many races scattered over thousands of square miles of the south seas. Great gods, audacious heroes, the tricksters and monsters, the loved and the feared; sea and sky, sun and storm, desert and tropical heat the myths are compact of these, and with great knowledge and a story-teller s skill Roslyn Poignant presents them here. The many strands are gathered together in a fascinating book, lavishly illustrated with the art of the peoples themselves. 24 pages in colour. Over 100 black and white illustrations. This book, 141 pages measuring is in fine condition in a very-good dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. N° de ref. del artículo 21108

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