Hedged With Divinities
| Title | Hedged With Divinities |
| Year for Search | 1895 |
| Authors | Tregear, Edward(1846-1931) |
| Date Published | 1895 |
| Publisher | R. Coupland Harding |
| Place Published | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, English author, Male author |
| Annotation | All men die but one, who has been put into a trance by Maori elders. The women generally make a mess of things. When the man awakes, he is made king, whereupon he organizes the women, who only needed a man to direct them, and the road to recovery begins. But he is required to marry one hundred women and runs away for true love with a woman who won't share him with others. |
| Info Notes | The VUW copy includes a collection of reviews, mostly clipped from newspapers. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, VUW |
| Author Note | The author (1846-1931) was born in England and emigrated to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1863. He was the first Secretary of the Department of Labour and founder of the Polynesian Society. |
| Full Text | 1895 Tregear, Edward (1846-1931). Hedged With Divinities. All men die but one, who has been put into a trance by Maori elders. The women generally make a mess of things. When the man awakes, he is made king, whereupon he organizes the women, who only needed a man to direct them, and the road to recovery begins. But he is required to marry one hundred women and runs away for true love with a woman who won’t share him with others. The author was born in |
