Oceanic

Oceanic and Pacific sacred narratives, Polynesian concepts, oral traditions, and mythic literatures of mana, tapu, place, and ancestry.

Folders

  • General Texts (18)
  • Māori — A Māori-language and Aotearoa doorway centered on iwi and hapū relationships, whakapapa, oral transmission, historical print, and careful source attribution. (4)

Pages

  • Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Oceanic shelf.
  • Introduction to Oceanic Traditions — A substantial introduction to the Oceanic shelf as an old-print Pacific archive centered on Hawaiian, Polynesian, Maori, Trobriand, Rapa Nui, Samoan, and comparative sources, with guidance on genealogy, mana, tapu, chant, voyaging, colonial witness, living sovereignty, and source discipline.
  • Reader's Guide to Oceanic — An archipelagic reading map through the Oceanic shelf, led by place, people, language, genealogy, performance, source chain, and colonial encounter.