An annotated bibliography of New Ireland Province folklore

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

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• Anonymous (1998). Man sar vinavinateteik ketsep kegiet sar pinopinots a voveit ngan [Our Fourth Written Folk Tales]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, 56 pp. This book is about the Mandara People. * Out of print.
• Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (1925). Notes on the Natives of Certain Villages of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea: Visited During the Voyages of the Government Steam Yacht “Franklin,” January-March, 1925. Territory of New Guinea Anthropological Report No. 1. Melbourne: Government Printer. Pages 133-145 present 17 myths from the Emira and St. Matthias Islands (Mussau-Emira People). Out of print.
• Eves, Richard (1998). The Magical Body: Power, Fame and Meaning in a Melanesian Society. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 302 pp., illustrated. This book reports several mythos of the Mandak People from the Lelet Plateau.
  In print!
• Galeng, Veronica (1997). The Woman Who Became a Stone (Meri i Kamap Ston). Eva Lindström presents this story by Veronica Galeng of the Kuot People, in English and Tok Pisin as well as a recording of the Tok Pisin.
• Köhnke, Glenis (1974). The Shark Callers: An Ancient Fishing Tradition of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby; Yumi Press, 116 pp. * Out of print: Search Amazon.com for this book.
• Lasisi, David (1981). Nonobu Papua New Guinea Legends. Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Group, 16 pp. with sound cassette. “side 1: A tale from New Ireland told in English about a magic warrior fish named Nonobu and how it is defeated. Side 2: Music from New Ireland.” * Out of print.
• Mokis, Stephen (1977). “From Kara Language of New Ireland.” Oral History 5(3): 95-96. This article presents a myth of the Kara People.
• Peekel, G. [Gerhard] (1910). Religion und Zauberei auf dem mittleren Neu-Mecklenburg, Bismarck-Archipel. Series: Anthropos-Bibliothek T. 1, 3. Fascicle. Munster: Aschendorff, 133 pp., illustrated. * Out of print.
• Powdermaker, Hortense (1933). Life in Lesu. New York: W. W. Norton, 352 pp., illustrated. This book contains a few folktales from the Nalik People. Out of print: Search Amazon.com for this book.
• Schlie, Perry (1994). Sticking to the Track: Cohesion in Kara Narrative. This conference paper apparently presented information on Kara folklore. *
• Stamm, Josef, Donaldson, Tamsin, Beaumont, Clive H., Lloyd, M. J. (1988). Lavongai Materials (Pacific Linguistics, D-82). Australian National University, 130 pp. Pages 64-79 report 6 folktales in Lavongai and English.
• Taufi, Winifred Pakalmat Tare; & Ainsworth, Judith (1973). Tiang Kuspini. Niugini Folklore Series, vol. 2. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Niugini Press, 44 pp., illustrated. * Out of print: Search Amazon.com for this book.
• Tevene, Daniel, compiler, (1990). Levengkonterepi me xolonu, lubuk 2 [Village Stories, Book 2]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Southern Institute of Linguistics, ed. by Robert Lee, 15 pp. This booklet is about the Mandak People. * Out of print.
• Voklus, Ertius (1977). “From Tungag Language of New Ireland.” Oral History 5(3): 104-105. This article presents a myth of the Tangga (Tungag) People.

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