Cultural Inheritances In Polyn
Beginning of paper
The poetical work of Albert Wendt, Apirana Taylor,
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Hone Tuwhare, Keri Hulme,
Gloria Rawlinson, J. C. Sturm, and Roma Potiki all have
voices that are informed by and reflect their Polynesian
cultural inheritances in various ways. The main ways in
which these inheritances ....
Middle of paper
.... Mountains of
Ta’u’ he draws on the famous legend of Maui: “like
spinning tops or Maui’s endlessly / inventing mind.” (p110)
Maui is an important part of Polynesian mythology; Maui is
a demigod who is used to tell of many stories.
There are also reflections of Polynesian cultural
inheritances in Hone Tuwhare’s use of mythology in his
poetry. Tuwhare was born in Kaikohe, and belongs to the
Ngapuhi hapus Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te
Popoto, and ....
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