Maori Myths & Legends

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Herein lie tales from a land of a forgotten age. A time in which taniwha lurked in the depths of rivers, men changed into forms of animals, and when gods ruled the fate of all. Demons and malevolent spirits were lurking everywhere, strict protocol was required for every action, least some deity were to be offended and plague the tribe with famine or disease. This is the world of the ancients. The prehistory here told is an endeavour not to mock or ridicule, nor is it to educate or impress. It is simply here as stories to be told, and it is my hope that the reader takes it as such. It is a personal work of discovery, not a laborious study of authenticity. The tales presented here have been derived from many sources, and are recounted as I understand them. Open your mind to magic and mystery, and journey into this land of old.

"If the story was beautiful, the beauty belongs to us all; if it was bad, the fault is mine only, who told it."
-Campbell, Joseph The Complete Grimms Fairy Tales, p 842

Contents

- Maori Myths & Legends

- For the Glory of Rome
- The Sanity of Professor R.J. Basil Part One, Two, Three
- The Trials of Archibald Henderson of Windsor

- Convergere

- Other