PUDNET

B11.2.1.2

Dragon as modified lizard

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References

  • (Giant lizard monsters equated with the Eurasian dragon; Māori taniwha etc.) Tuamotus: Stimson, 1937, 147ff.; Tahiti: Henry, 1923, 35; Henry, 1928, 621f.; Hawaii: Beckwith, 1940, 125; Dickey, 1917, 28; Emerson, 1915, 35, 49, 83f.; Fornander, 1916, IV, 38ff.; 1918, V, 38f., 412; 1918, VI, 344; Luomala, 1951, 30; Rice, 1923, 91, 112; Westervelt, 1915, 42, 103; Cooks: Gill, 1911, 150; Pukapuka: Beaglehole, 1938, 328; Hutchin, 1904, 174; Tonga: Collocott, 1914, 291; Collocott, 1921, 50; Reiter, 1917–18, 1044; N.Z.: Best, 1893, 211ff., 219; Best, 1924, 187ff., 193; Best, 1925, 715, 959ff.; Cowan, 1930, I, 78f., 235; Gudgeon, 1905, 182, 186; Skinner, 1897, 156f.; Smith, 1909, 210, 212; Steinen, 1933–34, 4f.; Te Aro, 1894, 166; Te Whetu, 1897, 18.