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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Maps xiii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Gerubara’s version of Imdeduya – a “ kukwanebu tommwaya tokunabogwa” – a story of the old men in former times 9
- Chapter 3. Mokopai’s version of Imdeduya – the “ liliu Imdeduya mokwita ” – the real Imdeduya myth 25
- Chapter 4. Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth documented by Jerry Leach in annotated English glosses as “A Kula folktale from Kiriwina” 109
- Chapter 5. John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 135
- Chapter 6. How do the five Imdeduya texts differ from each other and what do they share with one another? 165
- Chapter 7. Concluding remarks on magic, myths and oral literature 191
- Appendix I. Metadata for the variants of the myth documented on audio-tape tape 197
- Appendix II. The structure of Gerubara’s “Imdeduya” tale 199
- Appendix IIIa. The structure of Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 203
- Appendix IIIb. Yolina’s journey in Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 219
- Appendix IVa. The (simplified) structure of Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 221
- Appendix IVb. Yolina’s journey in Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 225
- Appendix V. The structure of John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 227
- References 231
- Index 239
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Maps xiii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Gerubara’s version of Imdeduya – a “ kukwanebu tommwaya tokunabogwa” – a story of the old men in former times 9
- Chapter 3. Mokopai’s version of Imdeduya – the “ liliu Imdeduya mokwita ” – the real Imdeduya myth 25
- Chapter 4. Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth documented by Jerry Leach in annotated English glosses as “A Kula folktale from Kiriwina” 109
- Chapter 5. John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 135
- Chapter 6. How do the five Imdeduya texts differ from each other and what do they share with one another? 165
- Chapter 7. Concluding remarks on magic, myths and oral literature 191
- Appendix I. Metadata for the variants of the myth documented on audio-tape tape 197
- Appendix II. The structure of Gerubara’s “Imdeduya” tale 199
- Appendix IIIa. The structure of Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 203
- Appendix IIIb. Yolina’s journey in Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 219
- Appendix IVa. The (simplified) structure of Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 221
- Appendix IVb. Yolina’s journey in Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 225
- Appendix V. The structure of John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 227
- References 231
- Index 239