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)
Details
- 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