CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION '^l 



DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON THE KIWAI PAPUANS 4 



Habitation and Language 4 



Dress and Ornaments 5 



Houses 5 



Social Organization 6 



Implements and Objects 7 



Canoës 8 



Hunting and Fishing 10 



War 11 



Observances of Individual Life 12 



Burial 12 



Dances and Songs 12 



Religion and Magic 13 



,.Gamoda" and „Karea" 14 



PLOTS OF THE FOLKTALES 15 



I. LECiENDARY HISTORY (1—20) 15 



II. FABULOUS MEN AND IVOMEN (21-61) 18 



III. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (62—101) 24 



lY. MYTHICAL BEINGS (102—193) ". 21 



Y. COURTSHIP AND MARRI AGE (194 216) 35 



YI. SEXUAL LIFE (217—232) 37 



YII. THE FAMILY (233—260) .38 



VIIL TALES OF AGRICULTURE (261—271) 40 



IX. YARIOUS CULTURE MYTHS (272-278) 42 



X. TALES CONNECTED WITH CEREMONIES (279-290) 43 



XL COMMUNICATION AND TRAYEL (291-311) 45 



XII. HUNTING ADYENTURES (312—331) 46 



XIII. WAR AND FIGHTING (332-364) . , 46 



Tom. XLVII. 



