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CHAPTER II

1 Cf. for Micronesia, Pelew Islands, Kubary, p. 47.

2 Meier, 1909, p. 27.

3 Cf. New Guinea (Kai), Keysser, p. 187; Philippines (Tagalog), Gardner, p. 104; Celebes (Minahassa), Graafland, i. 165; Sumbawa,

4 Cf. New Guinea (Goodenough Bay), Ker, p. 136.

5 Meier, 1909, p. 59.

6 Meier, 1909, pp. 13-81; von Pfeil, p. 150 ff.; Kleintitschen, p. 331; (Sulka) Rascher, p. 233.

7 (Bilibili) Dempwolff, pp. 69-81.

8 Cf. Ker, pp. 136 ff.

9 Yet cf. New Guinea (Wagawaga), Seligmann, p. 379.

10 Codrington, p. 156.

11 Cf. New Zealand, White, ii. 64, 110, 117, etc.; Tonga, Mariner, ii. 110.

12 See supra, p. 104.

13 Codrington, p. 158.

14 This incident of the tree made whole is very widely distributed through the whole of Oceania. For other examples in Melanesia see Santa Cruz, O'Ferral, p. 227; New Caledonia, Lambert, p. 329; New Guinea (Kuni), Egidi, 1913, p. 999; (Taupota) Seligmann, p. 403; (Huon Gulf and Bilibili) Dempwolff, p. 76; (Tami) Bamler, p. 531; (Jabim) Zahn, p. 390; for Polynesian examples see supra, p. 60 and Part I, Chapter III, Note 38; for Indonesia see Borneo, Gomes, p. 311; Philippines (Igorot), Seidenadel, p. 539; for Micronesia see Erdland, p. 245.

15 Codrington, p. 159.

16 Codrington, pp. 160 ff.

17 Aurora, Codrington, p. 168.

18 Whitsuntide, Codrington, p. 169.

19 Codrington, p. 171.

20 Cf. Ambrym, Suas, 1911, p. 906.

21 Codrington, p. 170.

22 Suas, 1912, pp. 34 ff.

23 For other examples of the inexhaustible vessel of food see Aurora, Codrington, p. 168; New Britain, Bley, p. 215; Tonga, Fison, p. 81; Borneo (Dusun), Evans, p. 462; (Sea Dyak) Perham, 1886, p. 278; Philippines (Tinguian), Cole, 1915, pp. 34, 119; (Igorot) Jenks, p. 201; Rotti, Jonker, 1906, p. 410; Pelew Islands, Kubary, p. 45.

24 Cf. Micronesia, infra, p. 260. In New Britain (Gazelle Peninsula) we also find the belief that the evil or foolish brother is killed by the good; cf. Kleintitschen, p. 336.

25 Cf. the similarity between Panggu or Panku, the creator deity among the Tami and Kai people of New Guinea (see Keysser, pp. 155, 192), and Panku, the cosmic creator deity of the Chinese. It is possible (?) that this is the result of Chinese contact in recent times.