Tolai Myths of Origin

Tolai Myths of Origin

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Janssen Mennis Skinner

Format: Paperback

Remarks on Condition : Dust Jacket: good with some shelf wear, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


Tolai Myths of Origin is a book by Janssen Mennis Skinner, published by The Jacaranda Press in 1973. It contains 99 pages of folklore, collected and translated by Skinner from the oral tradition of the Tolai people, an indigenous group from the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The book presents the Tolai cosmology and worldview, as expressed in their myths of creation, migration, and culture. The book also provides an introduction and a glossary of Tolai terms and concepts.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Janssen Mennis Skinner

Format: Paperback

Remarks on Condition : Dust Jacket: good with some shelf wear, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


Tolai Myths of Origin is a book by Janssen Mennis Skinner, published by The Jacaranda Press in 1973. It contains 99 pages of folklore, collected and translated by Skinner from the oral tradition of the Tolai people, an indigenous group from the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The book presents the Tolai cosmology and worldview, as expressed in their myths of creation, migration, and culture. The book also provides an introduction and a glossary of Tolai terms and concepts.