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Tag Archives: Object
Maori Prophet and Temple
Tūhoe prophet, Rua Kēnana Hepetipa, and his temple, 1908.
Posted in Alternative Religion
Tagged Architecture, Art, Bay of Plenty, Maori, New Zealand, NZ, Object
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Reminiscences of Knife Fights with Wild Dogs
A recollection from John Wilson’s ‘Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago‘. The following account is given by Mr. Matthew Marshall, a passenger by the “Philip Laing” in 1848, and relates to the time 1852) when he was shepherding for Edwin Meredith … Continue reading
Posted in FolkLore, Storytelling
Tagged Farming, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Object, Otago, Relic
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Victor Penny and the New Zealand Death ray
From the New Zealand observer 1937 The Legion of Frontiersmen was a militia organisation dedicated to the defence of the British empire (and existing throughout the empire). In practice it advocated and volunteered for military adventurism involved itself in … Continue reading
Posted in War
Tagged Legion of Frontiersmen, NZ, Object, Prussians of the South Seas, War
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THE BAG OF DREAMS
A weird little tale, bordering on magical realism, from a 12 year old. THE BAG OF DREAMS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1934, Page 20 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19340811.2.178.2&srpos=136&e=——-10–131—-2was+a+witch– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand
Animal Elements on Duendin Buildings
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd building in Thomas Burns St Phoenix House in Queens Gardens
Palmerston Zealandia
The Goddess personification of New Zealand on a Boer War monument. One of 3 public monuments featuring Zealandia, one in Otago, one in Canterbury and one in Auckland (this one commemorating the New Zealand wars)
Another Hokitika Postcard
Posted in Art
Tagged Art, Customs, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Object, Photography
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Circus Postcard Hokitika
A postcard with 2 performers, a woman whipping a cigarette from a mans mouth, sent to hokitika? a watermark appears to read wellington. probably early 20th century.
A Whare Ra Manuscript
the Pentagram Ritual from http://www.esotericgoldendawn.com/tradition_wharera_pentagram.htm
Mirror Magic in the NZ Herald
MIRROR MAGIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18825, 27 September 1924, Page 6 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19240927.2.148.57.9&srpos=6&e=——-10–1—-0aphrodite+goddess–
Posted in FolkLore, Magic, Symbolism
Tagged Goddess, Gods, International, Magic, Object, Venus
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