An annotated bibliography of Madang Province folklore

Below is an annotated bibliography of Madang 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 (1981a). “The Marita Fruit and the Snake.” Oral History 9(4): 16-19. This article presents a myth from the Takia People.
• Anonymous (1981c). “The Village that Is No More.” Oral History 9(4): 37-39. This article presents a myth from the Bilbil People.
• Anonymous (1981d). “The Coils of the Tabu.” Oral History 9(4): 39-42. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Anonymous (1981e). “The Fish at Riwo.” Oral History 9(4): 43-45. This article presents a myth from the Gedaged People.
• Anonymous (1981h). “Two Brothers and the Eagle.” Oral History 9(4): 68-69. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Anonymous (1981i). “Kilibob and Manup.” Oral History 9(4): 70-71. This article presents a myth from the Gedaged or Bilbil People.
• Anonymous (1981k). “Kumoikun.” Oral History 9(4): 84-85. This article presents a myth from the Kokun River area, west of Madang Town.
• Anonymous (1981l). “The Pig Masalai.” Oral History 9(4): 85. This article presents a myth from Tadu Mountain, near Udaru Village. It is unclear where this is located.
• Anonymous (1981m). “The Blue Snow.” Oral History 9(4): 86. This article presents a Time of Darkness legend the Sihan [Sehan] People.
• Anonymous (1981o). “Why Pythons Stopped Eating Men.” Oral History 9(4): 92-93. This article presents a myth from the Usu People.
• Anonymous (1981p). “The Cassowary and the Hornbill.” Oral History 9(4): 94. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Anonymous (1981q). “The Cassowary and the Fowl.” Oral History 9(4): 98-100. This article presents a myth from the Rai Coast.
• Anonymous (1981r). “The Moran [Python].” Oral History 9(4): 101-102. This article presents a myth from Dadami Village. It is unclear where this is located.
• Anonymous (1981s). “The Two Pigeons.” Oral History 9(4): 101-102. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Aokali, Naiya (1981). “Two Brothers and a Snake.” Oral History 9(4): 72-73. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Aufinger, Albert (1939). “Erklärende Mythe zu den `prähistorischen’ Keramikfunden im Madang-Gebiet Neuguineas [Explanatory myth of the ‘Prehistoric’ ceramic finds in the Madang area of New Guinea].” Anthropos 34: 396-402. *
• Aufenanger, Heinrich & Hötker, Georg (1940). Die Gende in Zentralneuguinea, vom Leben und Denken eines Papua-Stammes im Bismarckgebirge [The Gende of Central New Guinea, Life and Thought of a Papuan Branch in the Bismarck Mountains.] Erganzungsbande zur Ethnographie Neuguineas 1. Wien-Modling: Missionsdruckerei St. Gabriel, 209 pp., illustrated. This book discusses the mythology ofthe Gende People. * Out of print.
• Aufenanger, Heinrich (1953). “Drei Mythen von den Gende in Zentral-Neu-Guinea [Three Myths of the Gende of Central New Guinea].” Anthropos 48: 287-289. This article presents three myths from the Gende People. *
• Aufenanger, Heinrich (1960). “Ayom pygmies’ myth of origin and their method of counting.” Anthropos 55: 247-249. This article discusses the mythology of the Aiome [Ayom] People. *
• Aufenanger, Heinrich (1979). “The Gende of Central New Guinea: Of the Life & Thought of a Tribe in the Bismarck Ranges, Papua New Guinea. Part Two.” Oral History 7(9): 145-296. This article presents 15 myths of the Gende People (pp. 222-248), 9 myths from the Guyebi People (pp. 253-266), 6 myths from the Biyom People (pp. 266-274), and 1 myth from the Ogebi People(p. 275-276). It is unclear where the Guyebi and Ogebi are located. This article was translated by Philip W. Holzknecht. It was originally published in German by Missionsdruckerei St. Gabriel at Wien-Mödling, Austria in 1940. Part 1 was also published in English in Oral History 7(8): 1-144. Maps, figures and plates are not included in the English edition.
• Aufinger, Albert (1946). “Mythe vom Bruderpaar ‘Kilibob’ und ‘Manup’ auf den Yabob-Inseln Neuguineas [The myth of the pair of brothers Kilibob and Manup on Yabob Island of New Guinea].” Anthropos 37-40: 313-315. This article concerns the mythology of the Bilbil People. *
• Aufinger, Albert (1950). “Mythological fragments from the Small Islands near Madang (New Guinea).” Anthropos 45: 779-786. *
• Aufinger, Albert (1978). “The Story of Honfain.” Oral History 6(2): 75-77. This article presents a myth from the Bilbil People of Yabob Island. This article was translated by Ulli Beier. It originally appeared in German as “Wetterzauber auf den Yabob - Inseln in Neuguinea” in Anthropos 34: 277-291 (1939).
• Blong (1982)
• Boucher, Raymond J. (1971). The Manam Creed: A Melanesian Worldview Explored through Folklore. Master’s Thesis, Ateneo de Manila, 132 pp. This thesis discusses the mythology of the Manam People. *
• Böhm, Karl (1983). The Life of Some Island People of New Guinea: A Missionary’s Observations of the Volcanic Islands of Manam, Boesa, Biem, and Ubrub. Collectanea Instituti Anthropos, vol. 29. Berlin: D. Reimer, 415 pp., illustrated. This is a translation of Das Leben einiger Inselvolker Neuguineas. This book presents 31 myths of the Manam People (pp. 167-212).
• Burridge, Kenelm O. L. (1956). “Social implications of some Tangu myths. ” Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 12: 415-431, illustrated. This article discusses the mythology of the Tangu People. *
• Burridge, Kenelm O. L. (1959a). “The slit-gong in Tangu, New Guinea.” Ethnos 24: 136-150, illustrated.
• Burridge, Kenelm O. L. (1959b). “The story of Mazienengai: A Tangu myth examined.” Anthropological Quarterly 32: 168-194. This article discusses the mythology of the Tangu People. *
• Burridge, Kenelm [O. L.] (1970 [1960]). Mambu: A Study of Melanesian Cargo Movements and Their Social and Ideological Background. New York: Harper & Row, 296 pp. This book discusses mythology in connection with the cargo cult of the Tangu People.
• Burridge, K. [Kenelm] O. L. (1965). “Tangu, Northern Madang District.” In: Lawrence & Meggitt (1965a), pp. 224-249. This chapter discusses the mythology of the Tangu People.
• Burridge, Kenelm (1969). Tangu Traditions: A Study of the Way of Life, Mythology, and Developing Experience of a New Guinea People. London: Oxford University Press, 513 pp. This book discusses mythology of the Tangu People.
• Claassen, Oren R. (1970a). Folklore and Religion in a New Guinea Tribe. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 26 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Rawa People. *
• Claassen, Oren R. (1970b). Folklore in Rawa Culture: A Study of Oral Traditions in New Guinea. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 17 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Rawa People. * Out of print.
• Dempwolff, Otto Heinrich (1911). “Sagen und Märchen aus Bilibili [Legends and fairy tales from Bilbil.” Baessler-Archiv 1: 63-102. This article discusses the mythology of the Bilbil People. *
• Derr, Nallon (1976). “Bilibil Island, Madang Province.” Oral History 4(5): 72. This article presents a myth of the Bilbil People.
• Derr, Nallon (1977). “Kulubob Village, Madang Province.” Oral History 5(6): 97-98. This article presents an origin legend of the Luan Clan of the Bilbil People, who were said to have originated from Karkar Island (Takia People).
• Hannemann, Emil F. (1935). Keys to the Papuan’s Soul: Some Practices and Legends Current among the Natives of the Madang Mission Field, New Guinea. Columbus: Lutheran Book Concern, 32 pp. *
• Höltker, Georg (1974). Myths and Legends of the Monumbo and Ngaimbom Papuans of North-East New Guinea. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 55 pp. Translated by Gabrielle Duigu from “Mythen und Legenden der Munumbo — und Ngaimbom — Papua in Nord &Oum l;st Neuguinea” (Anthropos 60: 65-107, 1965).
• Inar, James (1988a). Nironiro amo amo [Various Folktales]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, Trial reader, 8 pp. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inar, James (1988b). Nironiro Bargam Nanibta [Folktales in the Bargam Language] . Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inar, James (1988c). Nironiro kwanib [Lizard Folktale]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader], 7 pp. Reprinted in 1994. * This booklet is about the Bargam People. Out of print.
• Inar, James (1988d). Nironiro sawan nironiro kudor [Wallaby Folktale and Tree Possum Folktale]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, Trial reader, 9 pp. Reprinted in 1994. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inar, James (1991). Maq awagamun [Taro Story]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inar, James, Makambuy Philip, et al. (1988). Wagam asor ayuquwun inaqta [Some Funny Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Mark Hepner. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inarbu, Nicholas, translator (1990). Gaun in bul kat ugta awagamun [A Story about a Dog that Tricked a Pig]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Joseph Nuwayme and Mark Hepner. Trial reader, 16 pp. Revised edition published in 1991. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Inarbu, Nicholas, translator (1994). Maq araq ayah diq iyta awagamun [The Story about a Very Big Taro]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 31 pp. This book is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Jevi, Endru; Sambal, Jema; Davies, John; Juamb, Saimon & Minep, Mixson (1979). Kobon Ayud [Kobon stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 13 pp. * Out of print.
• Josephides, Sasha (1990). “Seventh-Day Adventism and the Boroi Image of the Past.” In: Lutkehaus et al. Sepik Heritage., pp. 58-66. This presents brief myth of the Gamei People (p. 60).
• Kennedy, Roger, Kennedy, Beverley, & the children of Erima Village (1985). Magana nebere isisiwou 1 [Children’s Stories] Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 44 pp. This book is about the Ogea People. * Out of print.
• Kennedy, Roger, & Kennedy, Beverley (1985). Magana nebere isisiwou 2 [Children’s Stories], Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 30 pp. This book is about the Ogea People. * Out of print.
• Kocher-Schmid (1990)
• Korow, William (1980). “The Origin of Pottery Making at Mauli and Siar, Madang.” Oral History 8(9): 108-109. This article presents a myth from the Gedaged or Bilbil [?] People.
• Kupeng, York (1981). “Two Mountains.” Oral History 9(4): 24-25. This article presents a myth from the Takia People.
• Lawrence, Peter (1967 [1964]). Road Belong Cargo: A Study of the Cargo Movement in the Southern Madang District, New Guinea. Manchester: Manchester University Press; Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 293 pp., illustrated. Mythology is discussed in the context of Madang Province cargo cults.
• Lawrence, P[eter] (1965b). “The Ngaing of the Rai Coast.” In: >Lawrence & Meggitt (1965a), pp. 198-223. This discusses the mythology of the Ngaing People.
• Lorens, Pita [Lawrence, Peter] & Tomaseti, Bil [Tomasetti, Bill] (1986). Rot bilong Kago. Port Moresby: Institute for Papua New Guinea Studies, 333 pp., illustrated. Tomasetti translated Lawrence (1964) into Tok Pisin. Out of print.
• Lehner, Ernst (1975). “Myths and Stories of Susure, North-East New Guinea.” Anthropos 70: 739-760. *
• Lutkehaus, Nancy (1982). Manipulating myth and history: How the Manam maintain themselves. Bikmaus 3(1): 81-90. This article discusses the mythology of the Manam People. *
• Malbak, Kayok, Moses, Diyomu et al. (1988). Uliq amuganib kabiy daq ezaq emauqta awagamun [Stories about our Village Customs]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Maragau, V. (1973). “Buburu and Oroina of Bundi, Madang Province.” Oral History 2(6): 33-39. This article presents myth(s) from the Gende People. *
• McSwain, Romola (1994). “Kulbob and Manub: past and future creator deities of Karkar.” Pacific Studies 17(4): 11-28. This article concerns the mythology of the Waskia and Takia Peoples.
• Mennis, Mary (1978). “The Existence of Yomba Island Near Madang: Fact or Fiction.” Oral History 6(6): 2-81. This article presents legends of the destruction Yomba (Mareg) Island from volcanic eruption. Some of the Bilbil, and Gedaged Peoples trace their origin to this island. Those who escaped the island also may have fled to become the Ham and Mindiri Peoples. Some legends describe the eruption as a time of darkness. This article was originally a University of Papua New Guinea Master of Arts Thesis (1978).
• Mennis, Mary (1979). “The Kilibob and Manup Myth Found on the North Coast of P.N.G.” Oral History 7(4): 88-101. This article presents a version of this myth (pp. 89-90) and discusses its distribution (Bilbil, Gedaged and Rempi Peoples) and history.
• Mennis, Mary (1980a). “The First Lalong Canoe Built for 40 Years, Bilibil Village, Madang Province.” Oral History 8(1): 1-118. Pages 76-116 are the first of four parts of 100 tape transcripts that Mennis made; the other three parts appeared in Mennis (1980b, 1981a, 1981b). This set does not contain any myths.
• Mennis, Mary (1980b). “Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang. Part One.” Oral History 8(10): i-ix, 1-118, with maps. This is the second of four parts of 100 tape transcripts that Mennis made; the other three parts appeared in Mennis (1980a, 1981a, 1981b). This issue presents oral testimonies, primarily in interview form, from Astrolabe Bay, including 7 myths from the Gedaged and Bilbil Peoples (pp. 1-17, 52-58, 94-105, 109-112).
• Mennis, Mary (1981a). “Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang. Part Two.” Oral History 9(1): 1-107. This is the third of four parts of 100 tape transcripts that Mennis made; the other three parts appeared in Mennis (1980a, 1980b, 1981b). This issue presents oral testimonies, primarily in interview form, from Astrolabe Bay, including 8 myths from the Bilbil People (pp. 6-9, 22-31, 41-50, 61-63, 82-88, 93-95).
• Mennis, Mary (1981b). “Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang. Part Three.” Oral History 9(2): 1-107. This is the fourth of four parts of 100 tape transcripts that Mennis made; the other three parts appeared in Mennis (1980a, 1980b, 1981a). An index to the four parts appears on pp. -107. This issue presents oral testimonies, primarily in interview form, from Astrolabe Bay, including 8 myths from the Bilbil and Mutu (Morobe Province) Peoples (pp. 34-38, 65-66, 74-77, 83-85, 88-99).
• Mokirip, Putup (1984a). Asanokot kinin [Stories of our Ancestors]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Patricia Lillie, 28 pp. This booklet is about the Girawa People. * Out of print.
• Mokirip, Putup (1984b). Opur wiein kinin [Hunting Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Patricia Lillie, 17 pp. This booklet is about the Girawa People. * Out of print.
• Mokirip, Putup (1984c). Ou jerewon kinin [Fire Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Patricia Lillie, 23 pp. This booklet is about the Girawa People. * Out of print.
• Mokirip, Putup (1985). Kinin atap atap [Various Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Patricia Lillie, 32 pp. This booklet is about the Girawa People. *
• Nuwayme, Joseph (1988). Bargam mataw kwaziqmo faq haiqmo osiyta awagamun [A Story about How, Long Ago, the Bargam People Had No Fire]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 16 pp. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Pech, Rufus (1979). Myth Dream and Drama: Shapers of a People’s Quest for Salvation: Illustrated by the Devolution of the Myth of the Two Brothers Manub and Kilibob in New Guinea. Master’s Thesis, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 269 pp.
• Pech, Rufus (1991). Manub and Kilibob: Melanesian Models for Brotherhood Shaped by Myth, Dream and Drama. Point Series 16. Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 246 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Bilbil, Gedaged and Rempi People. *
• Putilov, Boris N. (1976). “Problemy Izucheniia Pesseno-Muzikal’nogo Folklora Berega Maklaia [Problems in the Study of Folklore and Music in the Maclay (Rai) Coast].” Sovetskaia Etnografiia 2: 77-90. Includes English summary. *
• Seia, Norman (1981). “How the Hills Were Formed in Madang.” Oral History 9(4): 25-26. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Simango, Mark (1980). “The Origin of Pottery Making Yabob and Bilibil Villages, Madang Province, as Told by Daing Kuna.” Oral History 8(9): 109-111. This article presents a myth from the Bilbil People.
• Singirok, Jerry (1976). “Manasei and Makos.” In: Pukari: Voices of Papua New Guinea. Students of Sogeri Senior High School Relate their Traditions, Interpret Old Designs, Comment on their Society, Create New Ideas, For that is the Way of Pukari, Barry Ison, compiler, San Diego, CA: Tofua Press, pp. 22-25. This is a story from Karkar Island (Takia or Waskia People).
• Steel, John (1976). “Madang Province.” Oral History 4(6): 29. This myth takes place near the Rama (Ramu?) River. A translation into Motu is given Oral History 6(4): 93 (1978) by S[imon] Lohia.
• Suguman, John (1980). “The Origin Story of the Maah Gawaah Group of Madang, Madang Province.” Oral History 8(9): 102-108. This article presents an origin legend from the Rempi People.
• Swadling (1980b)
• Swadling (1981)
• Tumuw, Lazarus (1991). Mat ay alonib womta [The Man Who Fell Out of a Tree]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Yagay, John, Cletus, Titor et al. (1987). Wagam amo amo Ziziq-ib on mataw mar toniyta [Various Stories the Men and Women from Ziziq Village Wrote]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. Trial reader. This booklet is about the Bargam People. * Out of print.
• Wabei, T. (1977). “Kaboils Village, Karkar Island, Madang Province.” Oral History 5(6): 18-24. This article presents a myth of the Takia People.
• Z’graggen, John A. (1992). And Thus Became Man and World. Edinburgh: Pentland Press, 143 pp. This book presents 52 creation myths, primarily from Madang Province, from the following peoples: Gedaged, Kurum, Susuri, Katiati, Murupi, Pila, Igom, Tani, Andarum, Kesawai, Arop, Mari, Boiken, Urigina, Garuh, Ulingan, Wadaginam, Moresada, Mugil, Awar, Degenan, Garus, Lilau, Dimir, Biliau, Biam, Sepa, Giri, Lilau (Ngaimbom), Sepen, Morafa, Waskia, Bilbil, and Matukar.
• Z’graggen, John A. (1995). Creation through death or deception. Edinburgh: Pentland Press, 155 pp. This book presents 16 creation myths from Madang Province, from the following peoples: Kaian, Monumbo, Mugil, Arop, Utu, Kare, Tangu, Andarum, Rawa, Garus, Rempi, Gedaged. This book presents 1 myth from the Wogeo People (East Sepik Province), and 3 myths from the Ambrym People of Vanuatu, which were previously reported in Paton (1971).
• Z’graggen, John A. (1996). And Thus Became God. Edinburgh: Pentland Press, 175 pp. This book presents 16 creation myths from Madang Province and 4 myths from East Sepik Province. The myths from East Sepik Province are from the Bam and Wogeo Peoples.

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