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Folk stories from the northern Solomons

Folk-lore43Published In 1932 • Pages: 61-96

By: Blackwood, Beatrice.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Stories from the Tinputz of Kurtatchi Village and the Buka of Petats Island found in this document are divided into the following groups: culture-hero stories, culture origin stories, natural history stories, real-life stories, animal stories, animal association stories, transformation stories, stories about the spirits of the dead, stories about the supernatural forest creatures called [n]Pinari[\n] and [n]Tukis[/n], and miscellaneous tales. Commentary is provided on the distribution of similar stories among surrounding peoples. Information on mythology and folk beliefs is also presented.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Verbal arts
Mythology
Spirits and gods
Ethnometeorology
Ethnozoology
Texts translated into english
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tinputz
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2015
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
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
Robert Lee ; 1958
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1929-1930
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1929-1930
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Island of Petats and Kurtatchi Village, North Bougainville District, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
Beatrice Blackwood
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17028740
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ethnology--Solomon Islands