Anonymous (1981j). “The Two Brothers, To Kabinana and To Purgo.” Oral History 9(4):73-74. This article presents a myth from the Tolai People.
Bley, B. (1914). “Sagen der Baininger auf Neüpommern, Südsee”; [Folktales of the Baining, New Britain, South Seas] Anthropos 9: 196-220, 418-448. Translated in Hesse & Aerts (1982).
Bögershausen, P. G. (1917-1919). Drei Sagen von Matupit (Neupommern). Anthropos 1917-1918: 354-357. This article presents myths of the Tolai People. *
Bola, Robert S. (1977). “The First Coconut.” Oral History 5(7): 92-93. This article presents a myth from the Tolai People.
Fajans, Jane (1997).They Make Themselves: work and play among the Baining of Papua New Guinea Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 313 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Baining People. *
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Hesse, Karl & Aerts, Theo (1982).Baining Life and Lore. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 215 pp., illustrated. Legends were originally published in 1977. This book presents 82 myths of the Baining People. Pages 117-140 are a translation of Bley (1914). Pages 141-186 are a revision of Hesse & Beier (1977). Out of print.
Janssen, H., Mennis, Mary & Skinner, Brenda, eds. (1973).Tolai Myths of Origin. Milton, Queensland: Jacaranda Press, 99 pp., illustrated. Organized by topic: sun and moon; land and sea, places and languages; men and marriage, tambarans and ancestors; garden work and food production; houses, canoes and drums; good and evil; fighting and cannibalism; life and death. This is a translation into English of stories from three sources in German: 1) Joseph Meier, Mythen und Erzählungen der Küstenbewohner der Gazelle-Halbinsel (Neu-Pommern) 2) Otto Meyer, Mythen und Erzählungen von der Insel Vuatom (Bismarck-Archipel, Südsee) and 3) August Kleintitischen, Mythen und Erzählungen eines Melanesierstammes aus Paparatava, Neupommern, Südsee). Out of print: Search Amazon.com for this book.
Jeudy-Ballini, Monique (1986). Ceux qui peinent et ceux qui prennent:. La mythologie du travail dans une société d’horticulteurs (Nouvelle-Bretagne) [Those Who Toil and Those Who Take. The Mythology of Work in a Horticulturist Society (New Britain)]. Etudes Rurales 103-104: 159-187. This article discusses the mythology of the Sulka People. *
Jeudy-Ballini, Monique (1988). “Entre le clair et l’obscur: Les transformations de l’histoire” [Between light and darkness: transformations of history] L’Homme 28(2-3): 106-107, 237-251. This article discusses the mythology of the Sulka People.
Jeudy-Ballini, Monique (1997). “Culte du Cargo ou culte du péché? Un rite mélanésien pour rendre Dieu meilleur.” [Cult of Cargo or Cult of Sin? A Melanesian rite to make God better]. In F. Marsaudon-Douaire and S. Tcherkezoff, eds., Le Pacifique-Sud aujourd’hui. Identités et transformations culturelles. Paris: CNRS Editions, pp. 111-134. This chapter discusses the mythology of the Sulka People. * In print!
Jeudy-Ballini, Monique (2001). “Le Christianisme revisité ou le meilleur de la tradition.” [Christianity revisited, or the improving of tradition]. In: La Tradition et l’Etat. Eglises, Pouvoirs et Poilitiques Culturelles dans le Pacifique. [Tradition and State: Churches, Capacities, and Cultural Politics in the Pacific] Christine Hamelin and Eric Wittersheim, Eds. Paris: L’Harmattan. Cahiers du Pacifique Sud Contemporain #2. pp. 59-81. This chapter discusses the mythology of the Sulka People. In print!
Kleintitschen, August (1924). “Mythen und Erzählungen eines Melanesierstammes aus Paparatava, Neupommern, Südsee.” [Myths and narratives of the Melanesian side of Paparatava, New Britain, South Seas]." Anthropos, Ethnologische Bibliothek vol. 2, no. 4, 509 pp. This article discusses the mythology of the Tolai People. *
Laufer, Carl (1960). “Das ‘Schöpferwort’ in der Mythologie einiger Südsee-Stämme” [The ‘Creator World’ in some Southsea Trunks] Wiener Völkerkundliche Mitteilungen 3: 75-86. This article discusses the mythology of the Baining People. *
Laufer, Carl (1960). “Die Erschaffung durch das Wort in der Südsee-Mythologie.” Kairos/I> 3: 91-101. This article discusses the mythology of the Baining People. *
Laufer, Carl (1961). “Die Erschaffung durch das Wort in der Südsee-Mythologie” Kairos 3: 91-101.
Laufer, Carl (1974-1975). “Zur Mythologie und Biologie der Fortpflanzung bei den Tolai (Gunantuna) auf New Britain, Papua New Guinea.” [On the mythology and biology of reproduction from the Tolai (Gunantuna) of New Britain, Papua New Guinea] Ethnomedizin, Ethnomedicine 3: 127-155. This article discusses the mythology of the Tolai People. *
Meier, P. Joseph (1909).Mythen und Erzählungen der Küstenbewohner der Gazelle-Halbinsel (Neu-Pommern). Ethnologischer Monographien 1. M&uunster, Germany: Internationale Sammlung. 291 pp. This monograph presents myths of the Tolai People. *
Meyer, P. Otto (1910). Mythen und Erzählungen von der Insel Vuatom (Bismarck-Archipel, Südsee). Antrhopos 1910: 711-733. This article presents myths of the Tolai People. *
Panoff, Michel (1969). The notion of time among the Maenge people of New Britain. Ethnology 8: 153-166. This article discusses the mythology of the Mengen (Maenge) People. *
Panoff, Michel (1988). “Du mythe à la propagande. Un cas mélanésien.” [From myth to propaganda: a Melanesian case] Homme 28: 252-262. This article discusses the mythology of the Mengen (Maenge) People.
Panoff, Michel (1994). L’Art d’etre grand-mère chez les Maenge [The art of grandmother’s existence in the Mengen People]. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 98: 1-8. This article discusses the mythology of the Mengen (Maenge) People. *
Pinia, Alan(1977). “East New Britain Province.” Oral History 5(6): 79. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
Sack, Peter (1997). Just a memory? The Iniet-society and Tolai oral traditions. In: Gestern und Heute --Traditionen in der Südsee. Festschrift zum 75 Geburtstag von Gerd Koch, Schindlbeck, Markus, ed. Baessler-Archiv Beiträge zur Všlkerkunde, volume 45, pp. 347-166. This chapter discusses the mythology of the Tolai People. *
ToPagur, Raphael (1982). "The Origin of the Takupmoro Clan of the Kokopo Area of the Cape Gazelle Region of East New Britain Province." Oral History 10(3): 98-104. This article presents a creation legend from the Tolai People.
To Vairop, Johann (1977). “How the Island Rakaia Originated.” Oral History 5(7): 73-76. This article presents the legend of the origin of Rakaia Island (Tolai People), which is a volcanic island that erupted in 1878.
Valian, Kesia (1977). “East New Britain Province.” Oral History 5(6): 77. This article presents a myth of the Tolai People.
Wallom, Ellison (1977). “From Kuanua Language of East New Britain.” Oral History 5(3): 106. This article presents a myth of the Tolai People.
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