Book
The mythology of the Ifugaos
American Folklore Society • (46) • Published In 1955 • Pages: x, 244
By: Barton, Roy Franklin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source, Barton analyzes various aspects of Ifugao mythology. In Part I, he discusses the function of myth in Ifugao ritual, the form, style and literary attributes of the myth and the classification and affiliations of principal Ifugao myth motifs. Part II consists of the English texts of 30 Ifugao myths and TULUD along with synopses and notes for each. The Ifugao text of four of the myths is also included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ifugao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1971-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1908-1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1908-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiangan, Bitu, Ligauwe areas, northern Luzon, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. F. Barton. Foreword by Alfred L. Kroeber
- Footnotes appearing at the end of the book.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56004194
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifugao (Philippine people)