Arapesh Tales

Arapesh Tales

in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N98: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Miscellaneous #4) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 6 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
Three typewritten Arapesh tales told by Alitoa informants. Notations indicate that the tales are not recorded verbatim but presented in 'free translation' form. Included are 'The Finding of the Triple Flutes' (told by Balidu); 'The Execution of a Woman Who Angered a Marsalai (told by Wabe); and 'The Tale of Walawahan' (also told by Wabe). Each tale involves transformation and retribution. Undated.
Field of Interest
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Duration
0 sec
Anthropologist / Ethnographer
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Warning: Contains explicit content
No
Format
Text
Page Count
6
Page Range
1-6
Subject
Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Myths and legends, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Aliatoa, Alitoa, East Sepik, Arapesh
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Aliatoa

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