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Stories from the Marshall Islands : Bwebwenato Jān Aelōn̄ Kein / Jack A. Tobin.
Van Pelt Library GR385.M37 T63 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tobin, Jack A., 1920-2010.
- Series:
- PALI language texts
- Language:
- English
- Marshallese
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Marshall Islands.
- Tales.
- Marshallese language--Texts.
- Marshallese language.
- Marshall Islands.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 405 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2002]
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Marshallese.
- Summary:
- Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites -- some malevolent, some playful. Many are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-394) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824825454
- 0824820193
- OCLC:
- 47696179
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