One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights: Folktales from Wantok Newspaper : Tales from 1986-1997, Indices, Glossary, References and Maps

by Slone, Thomas H.

• ISBN13: 9780971412712
• ISBN10: 0971412715
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea?s Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.

Author Biography

Thomas H. Slone is a staff scientist at the University of California at Berkeley and the E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Table of Contents

List of Folktales	p. vi
Preface	p. xx
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxii
Folktales, 1972-1985	p. 1
Folktales, 1986-1997	p. 501
Author Index	p. 971
Village Index	p. 979
Language Index	p. 990
Province Index	p. 994
Index of Flora and Fauna	p. 996
Motif Index	p. 1005
Glossary	p. 1041
Bibliography	p. 1054
Gazetteer	p. 1061
Map Point Number Index	p. 1069
Maps
Papua New Guinea	p. 1073
West Sepik Province	p. 1074
East Sepik Province	p. 1075
East Sepik Province (northern part)	p. 1076
Madang Province	p. 1077
Morobe Province	p. 1078
Huon (Finschhafen) Peninsula (Morobe Province)	p. 1079
Central and Oro Provinces	p. 1080
Gulf Province	p. 1081
Western Province	p. 1082
Eastern Highlands Province	p. 1083
Simbu Province	p. 1084
Western Highlands Province	p. 1085
Southern Highlands Province	p. 1086
Enga Province	p. 1087
Manus Province	p. 1088
New Ireland Province	p. 1089
New Britain Province	p. 1090
Gazelle Peninsula (New Britain Province)	p. 1091
North Solomons Province	p. 1092
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