Book
Tales from Ulithi Atoll: a comparative study in oceanic folklore
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1961 • Pages: x, 493
By: Lessa, William Armand.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The first part of this study consists of a collection of previously unpublished myths and folktales from Ulithi Atoll in the West Caroline Islands, and how this folklore is related to the technology, social and political organization, religion, and values of the people. Lessa then presents a generalized discussion on the various motifs and themes present in Ulithian folktales which appear elsewhere in Oceania (e.g., Malaysia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Australia, and even Madagascar) for which there is comparative data. From the analysis of this comparative material the author contends '…that Ulithian culture is a conglomerate with not too distinctive a character. The folktales clearly indicate this; they are anything but unique. For the most part they constitute an amalgam of stories and motifs from far-flung areas' (p. 20).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Verbal arts
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Texts in the speaker's language
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ulithi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ulithi, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- William A. Lessa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-493)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61063844
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tales--Micronesia/Ulithi (Micronesia)