An annotated bibliography of Morobe Province folklore

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

See also the Bibliography of Morobe Province, compiled by Sam Tua Kaima and Biama Kanasa (1999).

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

• Adams, Karen & Lauck, Linda (1979). Kipihac Pivulac: Patep Legends Book. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 26 pp. This booklet presents 15 legends in the Patep Language only.
• Allace, Lew (1976). “Siassi Trade.” Oral History 4(10): 2-22. This article presents the myth of the Siassi Islands from the Mutu People (pp. 2-12).
• Anonymous (1981t). “Why the wallaby has short front legs.” Oral History 9(4): 107-108. This article presents a myth from an unspecified location.
• Bagiman, Bugusang Dekoi (1985). “The Two Cousin Brothers.” Oral History 13(1): 21-24. This article presents a myth from Sagang and Munguwang Villages. It is not clear where these villages are located. This article was an entry in the 1983 Annual Literature Competition.
• Blackwood, Beatrice (1939). “Folk-stories of a stone age people in New Guinea.” Folk-Lore: Transactions of the Folklore Society 50: 209-242. This article presents 14 folktales with some variants of the Anga People.
• Blackwood, Beatrice (1978). The Kukukuku of the Upper Watut. Edited from her published articles and unpublished field-notes, and with an Introduction by C. R. Hallpike. Monograph Series No. 2. Oxford, England: Pitt Rivers Museum, 204 pp., illustrated. Chapter 5 (pp. 143-165) presents Anga cosmology, including a section on myths (pp. 156-165). A complete bibliography of Anga (Kukukuku) People is given on pp. 181-199.
• Bradshaw, Joel (1997). “The population kaleidoscope: Another factor in the Melanesian diversity vs. Polynesian homogeneity debate.” Journal of the Polynesian Society 106: 222-249. This article refers to myths of quarreling islands and hills, and monster-slaying twins. *
• Cates, Ann Roke & Price, Dorothy (1969a). Apo naÖ gan [Animal Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 14 pp. This booklet is about the Adzera People. * Out of print.
• Cates, Ann Roke & Price, Dorothy (1969b). Nan oÖar wa’a mararaÖ [How Houses began] . Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 10 pp. This booklet is about the Adzera People. * Out of print.
• Ceder, Sune & Ceder, Britt, eds. (1989). Nenang Siduc [Our Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 105 pp. This book is about the Ceder People. * Out of print.
• Davidson, Ian, & Doris Davidson, eds. (1972). Humek hir gagek turinsën [Humek Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 9 pp. This booklet is about the Central (Mapos) Buang People. * Out of print.
• Fischer, Hans (1992). Weie und Wilde: Erste Kontakte und Anfange der Mission. Berlin: Reimer, 230 pp. Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea 1. * Out of print.
• Fischer, Hans (1994). Geister und Menschen: Mythen, Märchen und Neue Geschichten [Spirit and Humans: Myths, Fairy Tales and New Stories]. Berlin: D. Reimer, 374 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Wampar People. *
• Garam, Zoimo Ling & McElhanon, Kenneth A. (editors) (1983). Bem Dennge: Selepet Legends. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 82 pp., illustrated. This booklet presents 33 legends in the Selepet Language only.
• Girard, F. (1976). “Quelques mythes des Buang de la vallée du Snake (Nouvelle Guinée Orientale).” [Some myths of the Buang in the Snake Valley (East New Guinea) Ethnographie 71: pp. 37-93. This article presents myths of the Buang People. *
• Harding, Thomas G. (1967). Voyagers of the Vitiaz Strait: A Study of a New Guinea Trade System. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 282 pp., illustrated. The mythology of the Sio People is discussed on pp. 176-179. The mythology of the Komba and Selepet Peoples is discussed on pp. 179-180.
• Harding, Thomas G. & Clark, Stephan A. (1994). “Sio story of Male.” Pacific Studies 17(4): 29-51, illustrated. This article discusses the mythology of the Sio People, and presents 1 myth on pp. 47-51.
• Hempenstall, Peter J. et.al. (1984). “Case study: Melanesian myth dreams and transformation cults in the Huon Peninsula.” In; Protest and Dissent in the Colonial Pacific. Suva; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. pp. 129-146. Out of print. *
• Holzknecht, Karl (1979). Industry and Art: Religious Perceptions, Magic, Totemism, Myths and Legends. Lae: Morobe Province Research Center. Out of print. *
• Hooley, Bruce, Dengdeng, & Johnson, Mose, eds. (1971). Gagek turinsën yönon los keriing vahi [Some True Stories and Fables]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 80 pp., 1^st edition. Reprinted in 1972. This book is about the Central (Mapos) Buang People. *
• Hooley, Bruce & Johnson, Mose Lung, eds. (1973). Gagek turinsën yönon los keriing vahi sënë netu luu [A Second Book of True Stories and Fables]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 88 pp. This book is about the Central (Mapos) Buang People. * Reprinted in 1983.
• Hooley, Bruce, Dengdeng, & Johnson, Mose, eds. (1983). Gagek turinsën yönon los keriing vahi [Some True Stories and Fables]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 80 pp., 2^nd edition. This book is about the Central (Mapos) Buang People. *
• Johnson, Mose Luung & Hooley, Joyce, eds. (1980). Gagek turinsën la [Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 14 pp. This book is about the Central (Mapos) Buang People. * Out of print.
• Kaima, Tua Sammyuel (1985). Creation Myths: Their Impact on the Belief Systems and Daily Activities of the Wantoat, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Bachelor’s Thesis, University of Papua New Guinea, 120 pp. This thesis discusses the mythology of the Wantoat People. *
• Kanasa, Biama (1983). “The Yarawi Tribe from Waria in the Morobe Province.” Oral History 11(3): 83-87. This article presents a myth from the Zia People.
• Keysser, C. (1911). “Aus dem Leben der kaileute.” [On the life of the Kai People.] In: Deutsch Neu-Guinea, R. Neuhauss, ed., Berlin: D. Reimer, 3 volumes. This section discusses the Kâte (Kai) People.
• Kocher-Schmid, Christin (1990). “Magic and scent: the role of indigenous gingers and peppers among the Nokopo people of the Yupna area, Madang and Morobe Provinces, PNG.” Research in Melanesia 14: 22-30. This article discusses the mythology of the Nokopo People. *
• Koni, Y. Mandani (1973). Biyangai yelewikyeng [Biangai Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Marjorie Dubert, 103 pp. *
• Lehner, Stephan (1931). “Märchen und Sagen des Melanesierstammes der Bukawac (Deutsche-Neuguinea, Huongolf-Nordkuste).” [Fairy Tales and legends of the Melanesian side of Bukawac (German New Guinea, Huon Gulf, North Coast)] Baessler-Archiv 14: 35-72. This article discusses the mythology of the Bukawac People. * Out of print.
• Lehner, Stephan (1938). “Zur Naturanschauung des Melanesierstammes der Bukawac, (Deutsch-Neuguinea, Huongolf-Nordkuste).” [On the opinion of nature of the Melanesian side of Bukawac, (German New Guinea, Huon Gulf, North Coast)] Archiv für Anthropologie und Volkerforschung, pp. 96-102. This article discusses the mythology of the Bukawac People. *
• Mennis (1981b)
• Mimica, Jadran (1988). Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number System. New York: Berg, 188 pp., illustrated. This book briefly describes the mythology of the Yagwoia People.
• Narere, Worike (1977). “From Weri Language, Morobe Province.” Oral History 5(5): 64-66. This article presents a myth of the Weri People.
• Neuhauss, Richard (1979). “Industry and art; Religious perceptions, magic, totemism, myths and legends.” Chapters 20 and 25, volume 1of Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Berlin, Verlag Dietrich Reimer, 1911. Translated by K.. Holzknecht, with E.C. and S.N. Holzknecht in 1979 as Northeast New Guinea Special Publication No.1. Out of print. *
• Olkkonen, Soini, & Yage, Jeböra (1985). Mindik Sundut No. 1 [Some Stories from Mindik Village]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 15 pp. This booklet is about the Burum-Mindik People. * Out of print.
• Parang, Camillus (1976). “;Morobe Province.” Oral History 4(5): 75. A more specific location is not given for this myth. A translation into Motu is given Oral History 6(4): 79 (1978) by S[imon] Lohia.
• Paulisbo, Mary (1981). “The Forbidden Island of Snakes.” Oral History 9(4): 95-97. This article presents a myth from the Yabim People.
• Ploeg, Anton (1994). "Mala among the Kowai." Pacific Studies 17(4): 93-107. This article discusses the mythology of the Kowai (Kovai) People.
• Pomponio, Alice (1994a). "Namor’s odyssey: Mythical metaphors and history in Siassi." Pacific Studies 17(4): 53-91. This article discusses the mythology of the Mutu People and presents several myths.
• Reschke, Heinz (1935). “Linguistische Untersuchung der Mythologie und initiation in Neuguinea.” Anthropos-Ethnologische Bibliothek. Vol. 3 (5). *
• Sack, P. G. (1976). The Bloodthirsty Laewomba?: Myth and History in Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Department of Law, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University and The Morobe District Historical Society. This book discusses the mythology of the Wampar (Laewamba) People. *
• Sali, Gae (1983). "Laia II’s Fight Against Mayamha [Maiama Village]." Oral History 11(3): 101-106. This article presents a legend of a fight between the Guhu-Samane and Suena Peoples.
• Schmitz, Carl August (1960a). Historische Probleme in Nordost-Neuguinea; Huon Halbinsel [Historical Problems in Northeast New Guinea; Huon Peninsula.] Studien zur Kulturkunde 16. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 441 pp. This book discusses the mythology of the Huon Peninsula. It was originally a university thesis. * Out of print.
• Schmitz, Carl August (1960b). ”Die Problematik der Mythologeme ‘Hainuwele’ und ‘Prometheus’” Anthropos, 55: 215-238. *
• Schmitz, Carl-August (1964). "Mythus und Kultus in Melanesien: Probleme und möglichkeiten." [Myth and cult in Melanesia: Problems and possibilities.] In: Festschrift fŸr Ad. E. Jensen, Haberland, Eike et. al., eds. München: K. Renner, vol. 2, pp. 539-558.
• SiÖgema, Kondo (1978). Wekawat [Ancestral Stories], Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Edmund Fabian, 108 pp. This book is about the Nabak People. *
• Stringer, Mary, ed. (1978). Vuafaaqaaya uriiyauvootama iya iira aataruuyauvootama vai yanaavai [Legends and Stories]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 36 pp. This book is about the Waffa People. * Out of print.
• Tiesler, Frank (1968). "Drei Erzählungen der Yabim (Nordost-Neuguinea). Nach Aufzeichnungen von Konrad Vetter [Three tales of the Yabim (north-eastern New Guinea). From notes by Konrad Vetter]." Staatliches Museum für Volkerkunde. Abhandlungen und Berichte 28: 27-47. This article presents 3 myths from the Yabim People. * See also: A Bibliography of Morobe Province
• van der Wilden, Jaap, & van der Wilden, Jelly, eds. (1973). AÖa’ naÖ gan [Stories from Adzera]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics. In Adzera and Tok Pisin, 18

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