An annotated bibliography of folklore of Papua Province of Indonesia (ex-Irian Jaya)

Below is an annotated bibliography of Papua Province (ex-Irian Jaya) 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.

Papua Province, Indonesia

• Akwan, C. (1991). Ditawan Naga: Kumpulan Cerita Rakyat Irian Jaya Bagian Utara. [Capturing the Dragon: Northern Irian Jaya Folktale Collection] Jakarta: BPK Gunung Mulia, 123 pp., illustrated. Seri Cerita Rakyat [Folktale Series]. *
• Anonymous (1981f). “The Moor People.” Oral History 9(4): 54-56. This article presents a myth from the Biak People.
• Anonymous (1979/1980/1981). Cerita Rakyat (Mite dan Legende) daerah Irian Jaya Bahasa Daerah. [Folktales (Myths and Legends) from Irian Jaya in Local Languages] Jayapura: Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Kebudayaan Daerah, Pusat Penelitian Sejarah dan Baudaya, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 104 pp. * Out of print.
• Anonymous (1982a). Ceritera Rakyat Irian Jaya: Mitos. [Folktales of Irian Jaya: Myths.] Jayapura, Indonesia: Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Propinsi Daerah Tingkat I Irian Jaya, 95 pp., illustrated. * Out of print.
• Anonymous (1982b). Ceritera Rakyat daerah Irian Jaya. [Folktales from the area of Irian Jaya.] Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Kebudayaan Daerah, 174 pp. * Out of print.
• Anonymous (1983). Ceritera Rakyat daerah Irian Jaya. [Folktales from the area of Irian Jaya.] Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Kebudayaan Daerah, 107 pp., illustrated. * Out of print.
• Anonymous (1997). Ibori(e). In: Miedema (1997), pp. 131-133. * A tale from the Sougb or Manikion People.
• Beanal, Thomas (1994). Amungme: Magaboarat Negel, Jom-Bei-Peim-Bei. Unpublished report. Tembagapura: PTFI. 33 pp. This document has Amungme origin mythology. *
• Bergh, Rice R. (1957a). Tourneeverslag van de Administratief Ambtenaar R. R. Bergh, van de Tournee’s: Naar de Dorpen Boho, Majado en Merjoemeb van 15 t/m 18 Mei 1957, van 22 t/m 26 Mei 1957 en van 4 t/m 8 Juni 1957 [Patrol report by the Administrative Officer, R.R. Bergh, about the Village Patrols of Boho, Majado and Merjumeb on 15-18 May 1957, 22-26 May 1957, and 4-8 June 1957]. Unpublished report. *
• Bergh, Rice R. (1957b). De Asmaron-legende van Majado [The Asmaron myth from Mayado]. Reproduced in Miedema (1997), pp. 175-176. * Interpreted by Pouwer (1998a).
• Bergh, Rice R. (1957c). De Iboori-legende der Mantioens [The Mantion Myth of Iboori]. Reproduced in Miedema (1997), pp. 118, 121-123. * Interpreted by Pouwer (1998a).
• Bless, Samuel Asse (2000). Suku Meybrat Tanah Papua: Cerita Rakyat. [The Meybrat People of Papua: Folktales] Semarang, Indonesia: Kelompok Kajian Budaya Papua, Yayasan Binter Busih, 48 pp., illustrated. * Out of print?
• Briley, Joyce E. (1983). “The Bauzi View of Ritual and Magic.” In: Merriefield et al. (1983), pp. 2-23. In English with an Indonesian summary. This article presents 2 myths of the Bauzi People (p. 4-5, 9-10).
• Bromley, H. Myron (n.d.). The Highlanders of Irian Jaya: whence? Unpublished paper delivered at Mek Conference, Germany, 14 pp. * Discusses mythological evidence for origins of the Dani Language family.
• Coenen, Jules & Sjel, Julianus (1960). Bij het gebed van een Bergpapoea. Monotheisme in het Centrale Bergland? [The praying of a mountain Papuan. Monotheism in the central highlands?] Nieuw Guinea Studien 4: 93-100. * A Christian-oriented analysis of Highland mythology.
• Coenen, Jules (1963). Enkele Facetten van de Geestelijke Cultuur van de Mimika. [Several Facets of the Mimika People’s Spiritual Culture.] 177 pp. * This unpublished analysis of Mimika spiritual life includes appendices of myths.
• Crawford, I. M. (1971). Report on Aru Island Mythology.. Unpublished manuscript, 4 pp. *
• Drabbe, Petrus (1947-1950). Folk-tales from Netherlands New Guinea. Oceania 18: 157-175, 248-270; 20: 66-79, 224-240. * This article analyzes 23 myths of the Mimika People, in Mimika and English.
• Dajoh, M. R. (1961). Irian Barat Pukul Tifa. [West Irian Drum Beat.] Jakarta: Urusan Adat Istiadat dan Tjeritera Rakjat, Djawatan Kebudajaan Dep. P.D. dan K., 117 pp. * Out of print.
• Dharmojo et al. (1998). Sastra Lisan Ekagi. [Ekagi Oral Literature.] Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 226 pp. This book presents folktales of the Kapauku People. *
• van Enk, Gerrit J. & de Vries, Lourens (1997). The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in its Cultural Context. New York: Oxford University Press, 321 pp., illustrated. This book presents 4 myths of the Korowai People. The myths are presented simultaneously in Korowai, with word-by-word English translation, and full translation into English (pp. 154-186).
• Flassy, Don Augusthinus Lamaech (1995). Cerita Rakyat Masyarakat Toror. [Folktales of Toror] Jakarta : Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayan, 51 pp. This is regarding the Toror People. *
• Flassy, Don Augusthinus Lamaech (1997). Toror: A Name Beyond Language and Culture Fusion, Doberai Peninsula, New Guinea, Irian Jaya: A Preliminary Draft. Jayapura: Pemerintah Daerah Tingkat I Irian Jaya, 511 pp., illustrated. Serie penulisan Irian Jaya 9703C. This is regarding the Toror People. *
• Galis, Klaas Wilhelm (1957). “De grotten van Jaand.” Nieuw Guinea Studien 1: 14-23, illustrated. *
• Gardner, Robert & Heider, Karl G. (1968). Gardens of War: Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age. New York: Random House, 185 pp., illustrated. This book summarizes the immortality myth of the Dani People (pp. 68, 72, 98, 104, 106).
• Geurtjens, H. (1956). “Marind astronomy.” Antiquity and Survival 1: 401-405. This article discusses the mythology of the Marind People. *
• Gibbons, Donald C. (1978). The cargo myth and the threat it poses to the evangelical church in Irian Jaya. Unpublished manuscript. *
• Gjellerup, K. (1915). “De legende van de vernietiging door tooverij van de oorspronkelijke bevolking van het schiereiland Sarmi op de Noordkust van Nieuw-Guinea en de herbevolking van dit schiereiland [Le légende de la destruction magiquement de la population native du presqu’île de Sarmi, côte du nord de la Nouvelle-Guinée, et de la repopulation].” [The legend of the magical destruction of the native population of Sarmi Peninsula in northern New Guinea and its repopulation.] Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde 57: 31-55, illustrated. *
• Gregerson, Marilyn & Sterner, Joyce, eds. (1998). Symbolism and Ritual in Irian Jaya. International Museum of Cultures 33. Jayapura, Indonesia: Cenderawasih University / Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 114 pp., illustrated. *
• Groen, Bruno (1961). Zond-vloed verhaal. Sint Antonius 63(3):64-66. This article reports a flood myth of the Mimika People. *
• Hauser-Schüblin, Wolfgang, Marschall, & Pinks, Regina (1994). Geschichte und mündliche Überlieferung in Ozeanien: Ethnologisches Seminar der Universität und Museum für Völkerkunde [History and Flood in Oceania: Ethnology Seminar of the University and Museum for Folk Arts] Basel: Wepf, 391 pp., illustrated. Basler Beitrage zur Ethnologie 37. * Out of print.
• Haenen, Paul (1997). Migratie-mythen en mythen-migraties in de zuidoostelijke Vogelkop [Migration myths and myth migration in the southeastern Bird’s Head.]. Paper presented at the Irian Jaya Studies Project seminar “Bird’s Head Mythology: Description and Analysis", ISIR Proceedings 1996-1997. *
• Haenen, Paul (1998). History, exchange, and myth in the southeastern Bird’s Head of Irian Jaya. In: J. Miedema, C. Odé & R. A. C. Dam, eds. Perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference, Leiden 13-17 October 1997. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, pp. 235-256. *
• Heeschen, Volker (1990). Ninye Bun: Mythen, Erzählungen, Lieder und Märchen der Eipo im zentralen Bergland von Irian Jaya (West Neuguinea), Indonesien. [Ninye Bun: Myths, Narrations, Songs and Fairy Tales of the Eipo in the Central Mountain Country of Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), Indonesia.] Berlin: D. Reimer, 408 pp. This book presents myths of the Eipo People in Eipo and German. *
• Heider, Karl G. (1979). Grand Valley Dani: Peaceful Warriors. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 149 pp., illustrated. This book presents 2 myths of the Dani People (117-119).
• Held, Gerrit Jan (1956). Waropense Teksten (Geelvinkbaai, Noord Nieuw-Guinea). [Warop Texts (Geelvink Bay, North New Guinea)] ’s-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 400 pp. This is regarding the Warop People. * Out of print.
• Held, Gerrit Jan (1957). The Papuans of Waropen. Koninkijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) Translation series 2. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 384 pp., illustrated. This discusses the mythology of the Warop People. * Out of print.
• Hillhouse, Laurens (collector) & Mohr-Grandstaff, Marie V. (editor & translator) (1975). Man in Essence: Folk Tales and Photographs from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Los Altos, CA: Hillhouse Publications, 92 pp., illustrated. This book presents 16 myths of the Asmat People.
• Ircham M. C. (1980). Mansren Koreri, Mengenal Beberapa Suku dan Ceritera Rakyat Irian Jaya. [Mansren Koreri, To Know a few Ethnic Groups and Folktales of Irian Jaya] Bandung, Indonesia: Binacipta, 107 pp., illustrated. * Out of print.
• Jaruki, Muhammad & Mardiyanto (1993). Cerita Rakyat dari Irian Jaya. [Folktales from Irian Jaya] Jakarta: Gramedia Widiasarana Indonesia, 34 pp., illustrated. Contents: Contents: “Waso", “Woiram", Irimiami dan Isoray", Bidan Bayi", Caadara", Maaruma dan Wangan Nei", and “Mamle". * Out of print.
• Jensen, A.E. (1939). Eine Ost-Indonesische Mythe als Ausdruck einer Weltanschaung [An east Indonesian myth as a sign of a world view]. Paideuma 1: 199-216. * This article discusses the mythology of the Aru Islands.
• Kamma, F. C. (1955). De Messiaanse Koreri-bewegingen in het Biaks-Noemfoorse cultuurgebied. 2. Druk. Den Haag, Netherlands: J. N. Voorhoeve, 250 pp. This is regarding messianic myths of the Biak People. * Out of print.
• Kamma, F. C. (1975). Religious Texts of the Oral Tradition from Western New-Guinea (Irian Jaya). Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. Nisaba 3. Contains 29 myths from several locations.
• Kalmbacher, Carol (1983). “Came, Female Culture Hero.” In: Merriefield et al. (1983), pp. 24-41. In English with an Indonesian summary. This article presents 2 versions the myth of Came from the Isirawa (Saberi) People (pp. 27-35) and compares it to similar myths among the Berik and Kwerba Peoples, as reported in Ooserterwal (1961).
• Land, C., op’t (1959). “Sosom, de zon in de regentijd.” Nieuw Guinea Studien 3: 260-270. *
• van der Leeden, Alex C. (1983). The Raja Ampat Islands: a mythological interpretation. In: E. K. M. Masinambow, ed., Halmahera dan Raja Ampat Sebagai Kesatuan Majemuk: Studi-Studi Terhadap Suatu Daerah Transisi., pp. 217-44. Jakarta: Lembaga Ekonomi dan Kemasyarakatan Nasional, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia. *
• Locher, G.W. 1956. Myth in a changing world. Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde 112:169-192. Analyzes Mimika mythology on pp. 178-181. *
• Mahler, R. Ch. (1997). Fenetiroma-mythe [Fenetiroma myth]. In: J. Miedema, ed., Texts from the Oral Tradition in the Eastern Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya. Irian Jaya Source Materials Series B-19 No. 19, Leiden: Irian Jaya Studies Project, p, 221.
• Marjen, Alex (1983). “Kayanbiak.” Oral History 11(3): 18-21. This article presents a myth from the Biak People.
• Makambak, Matias & Gravelle, Gilles (1991). Dongeng-dongeng Tentang Nenek Moyang Kita yang Berasal Dari Daerah Pantai di Sidei. [Folktales about Our Ancestors Who Originated From the Coastal Area of Sidei.] Jayapura, Indonesia: University of Cenderawasih / Summer Institute of Linguistics, 111 pp., illustrated. This presents folktales of the Meyah People. In Meyah and Indonesian with an English preface. *
• Mampioper, Arnold (1980). Mengenal Beberapa Aspek Budaya Suku Dani [About several aspects of Dani culture]. Jayapura, Indonesia: Biro Kesejahteraan Rakyat Sekretariat Wilayah Daerah Tingkat I Irian Jaya. * This document includes discussion of Dani mythology.
• Manilet-Ohorella, G. A. & Ohorella, G. Azayni (1985). Lelaki dari Merem dan Tiga Cerita Rakyat Lainnya dari Daerah Irian Jaya. [Man from Merem and Three Other Folktales from the Irian Jaya Area.] Jakarta: Inti Idayu Press, 88 pp., illustrated. * Out of print.
• Mehue, Chris & Monim, Gad (1990). Buyaka Obo Yoku Naei Rilime. Irian Jaya: Percetakan Universitas Cenderawasih, 16 pp., illustrated. This is regarding the Sentani People. * Out of print.
• Miedema, Jelle (1984). De Kebar 1855-1980: Sociale Structure en Religie in de Vogelkop van West-Nieuw Guinea. VK1 105. Ph.D. dissertation. Dordrecht-Holland and Cinnaminson U.S.A.: Foris Publications, 271 pp. This thesis discusses trickster stories on the Bird’s Head Peninsula. *
• Miedema, Jelle (1986). Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology: Description and Analysis of the Meybrat Fishery and Kain Timur-Complex. VK1 120. Dordrecht-Holland and Riverton-U.S.A.: Foris Publications, 44 pp. This book discusses trickster stories on the Bird’s Head Peninsula. *
• Merrifield, William R.; Gregerson, Marilyn & Ajamiseba, Daniel C., eds. (1983). Gods, Heroes, Kinsmen: Ethnographic Studies from Irian Jaya. International Museum of Cultures Series 17. Jayapura, Indonesia: Cenderawasih University / Dallas, TX: International Museum of Cultures, 296 pp., illustrated.
• Miedema, J. (1995). Texts from the Oral Tradition in the South-Western Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya: Teminabuan and Hinterland. Leiden, Netherlands / Jakarta, Indonesia: DSALCUL / IRIS, 98 pp., illustrated. Irian Jaya Source Materials 14, Series B-6. * Out of print.
• Miedema, Jelle (1996a). Fentori, Honori, Ibori: Culture hero stories across the eastern Bird’s Head Peninsula (Irian Jaya). Paper presented at the Irian Jaya Studies Project Seminar Bird’s Head Mythology. Description and Analysis. Leiden, 13 November 1996. ISIR Proceedings. *
• Miedema, Jelle (1996b). Contexts of identity: Environment, migration, and oral tradition in the (north)eastern Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya. Paper presented at the Irian Jaya Studies Project Seminar The Southern Bird’s Head Peninsula in Comparative Perspective: Movement of Objects, Persons, Relationships, and Ideas. Leiden, 20 November 1996. *
• Miedema, Jelle, ed. (1997a). Texts from the Oral Tradition in the Southern Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya: Inanwatan-Berau, Arandai-Bintuni, and Hinterland. Leiden / Jakarta: DSALCUL / IRIS, 120 pp., illustrated. Irian Jaya Source Materials 15, Series B-7. In Dutch and Indonesian. Reviewed by Volker Heeschen in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde 156: 122-124 (2000). * Out of print.
• Miedema, Jelle 1997b. Contexts of identity: Environs, ethnolinguistic groups, oral tradition, and migration in the north-eastern Bird’s Head Peninsula (Irian Jaya). Paper presented at the Irian Jaya Studies Project Seminar The Southern Bird’s Head Peninsula in Comparative Perspective: Movement of Objects, Persons, Relationships, and Ideas, Leiden, 20 November 1996. ISIR Proceedings 1997. *
• Miedema, Jelle (1998). Culture hero stories and tales of tricksters: The Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya in a comparative perspective. In: Miedema, J.; Odé, C. & Dam, R. A. C., eds. Perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference, Leiden 13-17 October 1997. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, pp. 193-243. *
• Miedema, Jelle & Stokhof, Wim, eds. (1999). Texts from the Oral Tradition in the Eastern Bird’s Head of Irian Jaya: Inventory, Transcripts, and Reproductions of (Origin) Stories in Dutch and Indonesian c. 1955-1995. Irian Jaya Source Materials Series B-19, No. 19. Leiden: Irian Jaya Studies Project, 263 pp. * Out of print.
• Miedema, Jelle (2000). The water demon and related mythic figures: The Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya/Papua in comparative perspective. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 156: 739-769. *
• Monnier, Alain 1999. Deluges et autres catastrophes. Mythes d’Amazonie et de Nouvelle-Guinée. [Deluges and Other Catastrophes: Mythos of Amazonia and New Guinea.] Geneva, Switzerland: Editions Slatkine, 328 pp. This book analyzes myths of the Mimika and Asmat Peoples. *
• Münzel, Mark (1987). Neuguinea: Nutzung und Deutung der Umwelt [New Guinea: Utilization and Interpretation of the World]. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Museum für Völkerkunde, 2 volumes. This book discusses the mythology of the Asmat People. *
• Nawipa, Noakh (1995). The Concept of Hai Among the Amungme in the South Central Highlands of Irian Jaya and its Implication for Nonformal Education. Ph.D. Thesis. Manila: Asia Graduate School of Theology, 211 pp. * This thesis discusses mythology of the Amungme People.
• Offenberg, Gertrudis A.M. & Pouwer, Jan, eds. (2002). Amoko: In the Beginning: Myths and Legends of the Asmat and Mimika Papuans. Adelaide, Australia: Crawford House Publishing. This book presents 29 culture hero legends and 16 ancestor myths of the Asmat and Mimika peoples, including extensive context and analysis. It includes tales collected by Gerard A. Zegwaard, C. L. Voorhoeve, Jan Pouwer, Petrus Drabbe, and Sjel Coenen.
• Ongkodharma, Nitya & Nelwan, Y. A. (1983). “Kepercyaan Orang Wandamen (Supernatural Beliefs of the Wandamen).” In: Merriefield et al. (1983), pp. 68-111. In Indonesian with an English summary. This article presents some myths of the Wandamen People (p. 83-110). This was a reprinted in Irian: Bulletin of Irian Jaya (Jayapura) 13: 86-128.
• van Ooosterhout, Dianne (1996). The cassowary myth: Variant views or purposes? Irian Jaya Studies Project Proceedings 1996/3. *
• Oosterwal, G. (1961). People of the Tor: A Cultural-Anthropological Study on the Tribes of the Tor Territory (Northern Netherlands New-Guinea. New York: Humanities Press, 293 pp. + illustrations. This book presents and discusses myths of the Tor region (Berik, Bonerif, Kwesten, Itik, Kwerba, Mander and Wares Peoples) of Irian Jaya.
• Peckham, Lloyd (1983). “All Kinds of People: A Mairasi View of the Spirit World.” In: Merriefield et al. (1983), pp. 112-144, illustrated. In English with an Indonesian summary. This article presents 2 myths of the Mairasi People (pp. 133-139).
• Pouwer, Jan (1955). Enkele aspecten van de Mimika-cultuur (Nederlands Zuidwest Nieuw Guinea) [Some Aspects of Mimika Culture (Dutch Southwest New Guiena)]. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Leiden, 323pp. This thesis contains several myths of the Mimika People. * It was reviewed by Arthur Capell in Oceania 27: 69-70 (1956).
• Pouwer, Jan (1975). “Structural history: A New Guinea case study.” K. Instituut voor de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie. Verhandelingen 74: 80-111. *
• Pouwer, Jan (1997). Het enigma van de man zonder lichaamsopeningen: Een ingang tot de mythologie van de Oost-Vogelkop, Irian Jaya. ISIR Proceedings. *
• Pouwer, Jan (1998a). The enigma of the unfinished male: An entry to East Bird’s Head mytho-logics, Irian Jaya. In: J. Miedema, C. Odé, and R. A. C. Dam, eds. Perspectives on the Bird’s Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Proceedings of the conference in Leiden, 13-17 October 1997. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, pp. 163-92.
• Pouwer, Jan (1998b). The enigma of the unfinished male: an entry to East Bird’s Head mytho-logics, Irian Jaya. In: J. Miedema, C. Odé & R. A. C. Dam, eds. Perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference, Leiden 13-17 October 1997. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, pp. 163-92. *
• Pouwer, Jan (1999). The enigma of the unfinished male: an entry to East Bird’s Head mytho-logics, Irian Jaya. Anthropos Freiburg 94: 467-486. *
• Pratomo, Suyadi (1976). Bunga Rampai: Ceritera Rakyat dari Irian Jaya. [Mixed Flowers: Folktales from Irian Jaya.] Jakarta: royek Pengembangan Media Kebudayaan, Ditjen. Kebudayaan, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 36 pp. *
• Pratomo, Suyadi (1978). Cerita Rakyat Irian Jaya. [Irian Jaya Folktales.] Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, 108 pp. * Out of print.
• Pratomo, Suyadi (1983). Folktales from Irian Jaya. Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, 99 pp. Translation of Pratomo (1978) by David T. Hill into English. * Out of print.
• Raabe, E. (1990). Sagonutzung auf Neuguinea: Ein methodologischer Beitrag zur Siedlungsgeschichte Melanesians [Sago Usage in New Guinea: A Methodological Contribution to the Melanesian Settlement Story]. Gottingen, Germany: Edition Re. This book discusses the mythology of sago. * Out of print: Search Alibris.com for this book.
• Riedel, J.G.F. (1885). Der Aaru-Archipel und seine Bewohner [The Aru Archipelago and its inhabitants]. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu 12(3): 160-174. * This article discusses the mythology of the Aru Islands.
• Riesenfeld, A. (1950). The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia. Leiden: E.J. Brill. This book briefly mentions Aru Island mythology on pp. 512. * Out of print.
• Roosman, R. S. (1975). “A Ritual Pole in Irian Jaya.” Oral History 3(7): 66-68. This article presents a myth associated with the ritual bis pole of the Asmat People.
• Schneebaum, Tobias (1990). Embodied Spirits: Ritual Carvings of the Asmat. Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 104 pp., illustrated. This book presents the Myth of Fumeripitsj (p. 26), and summarizes others in the chapter, “Primary Asmat Religious and Philosophical Concepts” by Alphonse A. Sowada (pp. 65-66).
• Schoot, Henricus Adrianus (Hein) van der (1969). Het Mimika- en Asmatgebied (West-Irian) voor en na de Openlegging: Beleidsaspekten van een Svergangssituatie [The Mimika and Asmat Area (West Irian) Before and After Colonial Incorporation: Policy Aspects of Transition]. Ph.D. Thesis, Katholieke Hogeschool te Tilburg, 262 pp. * Discusses Mimika mythology and cosmology.
• Seksi Kebudayaan dan Kesenian (1975). Ceritera Rakyat Irian Jaya. [Folktales from Irian Jaya.] Jayapura, Indonesia: Seksi Kebudayaan dan Kesenian, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Daerah Tingkat I Irian Jaya, 3 volumes, illustrated. * Out of print.
• Serpenti, Laurentius Maria (1965). Cultivators in the Swamps: Social Structure and Horticulture in a New Guinea Society (Frederik-Hendrik Island, West New Guinea) Samenlevingen buiten Europa 5. Assen: Van Gorcum, 308 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Kimam People. *
• Suhardi (1999). Sejarah, mitologi, kepercayaan dan agama [History, mythology, belief and religion]. In: Pengelolaan Keanekaragaman Hayati Berbasis Komunitas yang Berkelanjutan di Teluk Bintuni dengan Penekanan Pada Mangrove. Laporan Penelitian Pusat Studi Asia Pasifik. Yogyakarta: Universitas Gadjah Mada. * Out of print.
• Suwondo, Bambang & Yunus, Ahmad (1978/1979/1982). Cerita rakyat daerah Irian Jaya. Jayapura: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Kebudayaan Daerah, 78 pp. * Out of print.
• Tadjuddin, Tamsil (2000). The Man with the Body of a Snake. This is a single folktale.
• Tonte, Theda (1980). “How People Came to Wada on the North Coast of Irian Jaya (Sko Language Speakers).” Oral History 8(9): 101. This article presents an origin legend from the Sko People.
• van Baal, Jan (1966). Dema. Description and Analysis of Marind-Anim Culture (South New Guinea). Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Translation series, 9. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 988 pp., illustrated. *
• van Oosterhout, Dianne (1996). The cassowary myth: Variant views or purposes? ISIR Proceedings. * From the Suabo (Inanwatan) People.
• Visser, Leontine E. (1989). “The Kamrau Bay area: Between Mimika and Maluku, a report of short visit.” Irian: Bulletin of Irian Jaya 17: 65-76. * Discusses the origin myth of the Irarutu.
• Wempe, J. W. (1925). De legende van de McCluergolf [The legend of MacCluer Gulf]. St. Anthonius Almanak pp. 63-69. *
• Weror, Moses (1981). “Mandarmaker.” Oral History 9(4): 11-15. This article presents a myth from Fundi or Funi Island, Biak People.
• Wirz, Paul (1920). Religion und Mythus der Marind-Anim von hollandisch Sud-Neu-Guinea und deren totemistisch-soziale Gliederung. [Religion and Myth among the Marind-Anim of Dutch South new Guinea and their Totemic social Arrangement] Thesis, 136 pp., illustrated. This thesis discusses the mythology of the Marind People. *
• Wirz, Paul (1922). Die Marind-Anim von Holländisch-Sud-Neuguinea. [The Marind-Anim of Dutch New Guinea] Hamburg / Frankfurt, Germany: L. Friederichsen / A. Weisbrod. 2 volumes, 731 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Marind. *
• Wirz, Paul (1928). Dämonen und Wilde in Neuguinea. [Demon and Savage in New Guinea] Stuttgart: Strecker und Schroder, 385 pp., illustrated. This book discusses the mythology of the Marind. * Out of print.
• Worsley, Peter (1968). The Trumpet Shall Sound: A Study of “Cargo” Cults in Melanesia. New York: Schocken Books, 2^nd edition, 300 pp. The book discusses mythology and cargo cults in Irian Jaya (pp. 126-130), Fiji (pp. 21-22) and elsewhere. The first edition was published by MacGibbon & Kee in London (1957).
• Yanair, Renny (2001). Caadara. This is a single folktale.
• Zegwaard, Gerard A. (1952). Mythologische- en Voorouder-Verhalen van de Kamoro (Mimika) [Mythological and Ancestor Stories of the Kamoro (Mimika). Unpublished, 112 pp. *
• Zegwaard, Gerard A. (1956). Mimikan Sago Myth. Unpublished, 2 pp. * Translated by J. Fleischhacker. Held at the Archives of the Diocese of Agats.
• Zegwaard, Gerard A. (1980). Inleiding op de Mythologische- en Voorouder-Verhalen van de Kamoro (Mimika) [Introduction to the Mythological and Ancestor Stories of the Kamoro (Mimika)]. Unpublished. * Held at the University of Hawaii.
• Zegwaard, Gerard A. (n.d.). An extensive unpublished collection of myths of the Asmat and Mimika is held in Nijmegen.
• Zevenbergen, W. & Pouwer, J. (1997a). De Iboori-/Eitborit mythe [The Iboori/Eitborit myth]. In: Miedema (1997), pp. 123-131. * A myth of the Manikion (Sougb) People. Interpreted in Pouwer (1998a).
• Zevenbergen, W. & Pouwer, J. (1997b). De Aida-mythe [The Aida myth]. In: Miedema (1997), pp. 123-131. * A myth of the Manikion (Sougb) and Meyah (Meah) Peoples.
• Zöllner, Siegfried (1983). “The Sabalhe Cult Object.” Oral History 11(2): 54-64. This article presents and discusses a myth from the Yali People (pp. 60-61). This was translated by P. [Philip] W. Holzknecht from the German. It originally appeared in Baessler-Archiv 25: 371-385 (1977).
• Zöllner, Siegfried (1988). The Religion of the Yali in the Highlands of Irian Jaya. Point Series 13. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: The Melanesian Institute, 210 pp., illustrated, translated by Jan A. Godschalk. This book originally appeared as Lebensbaum und Schweinekult: Die Religion der Yalî im Bergland von Irian-Jaya (West-Neu-Guinea). (Wuppertal: Theologischer Verlag R. Brockhaus). This book presents 20 myths and variants of myths of the Yali People (Appendix A, pp. 170-182). Out of print: Search Alibris.com for this book.

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