CHAPTER 3 The Universe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editor’s Note VII
3. Contents IX
4. Illustrations XI
5. Preface XIII
6. Acknowledgments XVII
7. Reference Forms XIX
8. PART 1. Introduction
9. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3
10. CHAPTER 2 Bellona Society 7
11. PART 2. Religious Beliefs
12. CHAPTER 3 The Universe 23
13. CHAPTER 4 The Gods in General 29
14. CHAPTER 5 The Sky Gods (’Atua Ngangi) 44
15. CHAPTER 6 The District Deities (Ngasuenga) 63
16. CHAPTER 7 Nonworshipped Gods (’Apai) 85
17. CHAPTER 8 The Culture Heroes (Kakai) 98
18. CHAPTER 9 The Hiti 107
19. CHAPTER 10 The Ancestors 112
20. CHAPTER 11 Human and Noumenal Beings 141
21. PART 3. Ritual Practices
22. CHAPTER 12 Settings and Accessories of Rites 157
23. CHAPTER 13 Religious Offices and Roles 175
24. CHAPTER 14 Harvest Rituals 218
25. CHAPTER 15 Hakatokaponge, Ritual of First Fruits 229
26. CHAPTER 16 Kaba ki Hange Ritual 236
27. CHAPTER 17 Hakauu Ritual 266
28. CHAPTER 18 Manga’e Ritual (Kaba ki Ngangi) 285
29. CHAPTER 19 Kanongoto Ritual 310
30. CHAPTER 20 Hai Ngangoisi Ritual 357
31. CHAPTER 21 Hainga Takotonga, Ritual at Ancestral Grave 364
32. CHAPTER 22 Externalization of Conceptual Structures through Ritual 368
33. CHAPTER 23 Variations in Harvest Rituals 388
34. CHAPTER 24 Tapu or Taboo 392
35. CHAPTER 25 The Sociology of Rituals 403
36. Appendixes
37. APPENDIX 1 Informants 415
38. APPENDIX 2 Ritual Language 424
39. APPENDIX 3 Symbolic Terms and Problematic Words 428
40. APPENDIX 4 Gods, Deities, and Ancestors Mentioned in the Harvest Ritual Cycle 432
41. Bibliography 437
42. Index 443
43. OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES 451