Ce of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the pakeha; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of…
- Date of account
- Published 1923
- Source
- Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Reference
- Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand · selected passage 12
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
ce of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the pakeha; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the purple mists swim wraith-like from their hidden hollows
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyce of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the _pakeha_; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the purple mists swim wraith-like from their hidden hollows. The sun goes, and the delicacy, the tenderness of colour, the fading of landscape details into a haze like the camp-fire smokes of the legendary _Patu-paiarehe_, weave a veil of faery over the valley and the darkening sea. The little boys and girls of the settlement are still at play around the meeting-hall, and every call and every laugh come clearly through the velvet soft air.
Historical context
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Modern context
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