An annotated bibliography of East New Britain Province folklore

Below is an annotated bibliography of East New Britain Province folklore. See the main bibliography page for more details. Please send comments and corrections to me.

A “*” following a reference indicates that I have not seen.

• 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. *
• Hesse, Karl & Beier, Ulli (1977). Baining Life and Lore. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 75 pp. This book was revised in Hesse & Aerts (1982). Out of print.
• Hesse, Karl & Aerts, Theo (1979). Baining Dances. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 89 pp., illustrated. This book discusses the mythology of the Baining People. *
• 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).
• 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. *
• 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.
• 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.