Oceanian (Pacific islander) mythology – external WEBLINKS
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Oceanian myths http://www.janeresture.com/oceania_myths/index.htm
Oceanic Mythology by Roland B. Dixon http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/om/ & http://www.munseys.com/diskone/pacomdex.htm
Part
I. Polynesia
Chapter
I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
Chapter
II. The Maui Cycle
Chapter
III. Miscellaneous Tales
Chapter
IV. Summary
Part
II. Melanesia
Chapter
I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
Chapter
II. Culture Hero Tales
Chapter
III. Miscellaneous Tales
Chapter
IV. Summary
Part
III. Indonesia
Chapter
I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
Chapter
II. Trickster Tales
Chapter
III. Miscellaneous Tales
Chapter
IV. Summary
Part
IV. Micronesia
Chapter
I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
Chapter
II. Miscellaneous Tales
Chapter
III. Summary
Part
V. Australia
Chapter
I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
Chapter
II. Animal and Miscellaneous Tales
Chapter
III. Summary
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Nippon / Japan
Japanese Fairy Tales (Demons, Dragons, Ghosts and Monsters of Ancient Japan), Audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn3VoQMZ1x4
Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise
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T>ai-wan / Formosa
Daedae ki Taromak (Taromak Rukai tribe of Southeastern T>ai-wan)
http://dps.nttu.edu.tw/ioas/upload/news/%E6%B3%A2%E9%96%8B%E6%A8%82%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87.pdf [pdf] pp. 69-77 “IV. SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE”
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Philippine myths
"Creation Myths from the Philippines". https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation-phil.html
Philippine Folk Literature Series -- published volunes include "The Epics" and "The Myths" http://www.rocketkapre.com/the-myth-list/
Philippine Folk Tales compiled and annotated by Mabel (Cook) Cole http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/phifolkdex.htm
Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines http://www.filipiniana.net/publication/origin-myths-among-the-mountain-peoples-of-the-philippines/12791881654313/9/0
Traditions of the Tingian by Fay-Cooper Cole http://www.fullbooks.com/Traditions-of-the-Tinguian-A-Study-in1.html & http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/fabtin.htmhttp://www.munseys.com/disktwo/fabtin.htm
"Philippine tribal pantheons" http://patrickpaulalvarado24.wordpress.com/category/philippine-literature/
"Philippine sun & moon myths" http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/sunmoon.pdf
“Philippine Myths” http://www.read-legends-and-myths.com/philippine-myths.html
“Philippine Legends” http://www.read-legends-and-myths.com/philippine-legends.html
Philippine “Myths Tales and Legends” http://www.filipinolinks.com/Society/Myths_Tales_and_Legends/index.html
"Anito Cosmology" http://urbananito.wikispaces.com
"Barthala and Ancient Gods". http://ancientphilippinessotriesrealitymyths.blogspot.com/2016/03/bathala-and-ancient-gods.html
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Micronesian Myths
"Kosrae God/Goddesses and Some Clan Legends"
PUR transl. by Carmen C. H. Petrosian-Husa. (one of the southern Mariana islands) http://www.cchph.net/portfolio/downloads/Sonsorol/Pur.pdf [pdf] pp. 220-238 mythology
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Polynesian myths
"Thousands of Names of Polynesian Gods and Goddesses".
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/polynesiangods.htm
Hawaiian Folk Tales compiled by Thos. G. Thrum http://www.munseys.com/diskfive/hafodex.htm & http://www.mythichawaii.com/hawaiian-mythology.htm
Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai transl. by Martha Warren Beckwith http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/hromdex.htm
Traditions of O'ahu by Dennis Kawaharada http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/~oahu/
Voyaging Chiefs of Havai’i by Dennis Kawaharada http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/moolelo/voyaging_chiefs_intro.html
"Top Deities in Samoan Mythology".
https://glitternight.com/2013/04/30/the-top-deities-in-samoan-mythology/
"Myths and Legends of Ancient Samoa".
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TuvAcco-t1-body1-d48.html
Polynesian Mythology New Zealand myths by George Grey http://www.masseiana.org/polynesian_mythology.htm
"Gods of Bellona and Rennell Islands".
https://glitternight.com/2016/09/29/gods-of-bellona-and-rennell-islands-polynesian-myths/
Te
Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island
by William J.
Thomson [1891]
Includes images of the famous rongo-rongo tablets
and one of the few attested translations available.
Polynesian
Mythology
by Sir George Grey [1854]
A primary
source for the myths and legends of the Maori people of New Zealand.
Maori
Religion and Mythology
by Edward Shortland [1882]
The
Lore of the Whare-Wananga
S. Percy Smith [1913]
Hawaiian
Mythology
by Martha Warren Beckwith [1940]
An
extensive critical study of Hawaiian mythology, with parallels to
other Pacific islander cultures and numerous variations on each text.
The
Kumulipo, A Hawaiian Creation Chant
translated with
commentary by Martha Warren Beckwith [1951]
The Kumulipo is the
Royal Hawaiian Creation chant, describing the emergence of life from
the ocean and listing hundreds of generations of descendants from the
primal gods and goddesses.
The
Kumulipo
translated by Queen Liliuokalani [1897]
A
translation of the Kumulipo by the last Queen of Hawaii.
Unwritten
Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
by
Nathaniel B. Emerson [1909]
Hawaiian
Folk Tales
by Thomas G. Thrum [1907]
An
anthology of classic Hawaiian folklore, including tales of Menehunes
and Kahunas.
The following is a series of books of Hawaiian mythology, folkore, and legends by W.D. Westervelt from the turn of the 20th Century. Although Westervelt often wrote in a romanticized style, the folklore is genuine.
Legends
of Maui
by W.D. Westervelt [1910]
A collection
of Hawaiian and Polynesian legends about the culture hero, Maui.
Hawaiian
Legends of Old Honolulu
by W.D. Westervelt
[1915]
Of all of the sacred landscapes of the Pacific, the area
around Honolulu is rich in lore.
Hawaiian
Legends of Volcanoes
by W.D. Westervelt [1916]
The
Fire Goddess Pele, her deeds, family and loves.
Hawaiian
Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods
by W.D. Westervelt
[1916]
Tales of the Hawaiian afterlife, and those who returned
from it by magic or cunning.
Hawaiian
Historical Legends
by W.D. Westervelt [1923, no
renewal]
Stories from Hawaii during the period of European
contact.
The
Samoan Story of Creation
by John Fraser (Journal of
the Polynesian Society, Vol. 1 164-88) [1891].
Noa
Noa
by Paul Gauguin, translated from the French by
Otto Frederick Theis [1919]
Gauguin came to Tahiti to find the
primitive, but was amazed by the advanced knowledge embedded in their
mythology.
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Indonesian myths
Indonesian folktales http://indonesianfolktales.com/blog/book/
Iban religion http://gnmawar.wordpress.com/adat-iban/
Batak myth https://australianmuseum.net.au/creation-story-from-lake-toba-sumatra-indonesia
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Melanesian myths
"Gods of Fiji". https://glitternight.com/tag/gods-of-fiji/
"Gods of Fiji". https://glitternight.com/2018/06/23/gods-of-fiji/
Fijian legends http://www.tropicalfiji.com/about_fiji/Culture/Legends.asp
New Guinea myths http://www.uq.edu.au/ATSIS/png/death_mennis_2010.pdf [pdf]
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