Research Catalog

Title

Magicians of manumanua : living myth in Kalauna / Michael W. Young.

Author

Young, Michael W., 1937-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1983.

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Details

Description

x, 317 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

[Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 1]

Uniform Title

Studies in Melanesian anthropology 1].

Subject

• Kalauna (Papua New Guinean people) > Folklore
• Kalauna (Papua New Guinean people)
• Political anthropology > Goodenough Island
• Mythology, Melanesian > Goodenough Island
• Goodenough Island (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

Folklore

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 303-309.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Of myths and men -- The house of Lulauvile -- Time serpent's Honoyeta -- The blood of Malaveyoyo -- The jaw of Tobowa -- The head of Didiala -- The bones of Iyahalina -- The belly of Kimaola -- Revelations.

ISBN

0520049721

LCCN

^^^82023835^//r84

OCLC

• 9112364
• SCSB-12494118

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library