{"collection":"pac","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/pac/om/om34.htm","path":"pac/om/om34.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/pac/om/om34.htm","text":"1 Rascher, pp. 230 ff.\n2 Cf. New Guinea (Kai), Keysser, p. 179; (Goodenough Bay) Ker, p. 123; Seligmann, p. 44; (Moresby) Romilly, 1889, p. 121; (Kuni) Egidi, 1913, p. 992; Santa Cruz, O'Ferral, p. 232; New Hebrides (Aurora), Codrington, p. 403; Polynesia, Funafuti, David, p. 107; New Zealand, Shand, 1896, p. 197; Chatham Islands, ib. p. 195; Manihiki, Te Whitu, p. 97; cf. also Indonesia, Philippines (Subanun), Christie, p. 102.\n3 Aurora, Codrington, p. 398.\n4 Cf. Banks Islands, Codrington, p. 395, note; New Ireland, Peekel, pp. 45, 51.\n5 For other instances of the life-token see Torres Straits, Haddon, 1904, p. 34; New Guinea (Goodenough Bay), Ker, p. 61; Indonesia, Halmahera (Loda), van Baarda, p. 484; Soemba, Wielenga, p. 61; Philippines (Tinguian), Cole, 1915, p. 96.\n6 Cf. for the incident of killing the cannibal or monster with hot stones New Guinea (Moresby), Romilly, 1889, p. 125; (Tami) Bamler, p. 535; (Nufoor) van Hasselt, p. 526; Indonesia, Celebes (Toradja), Adriani, 1902a, p. 461; Philippines (Tinguian), Cole, 1915, p. 199; Polynesia, see supra, p. 69.\n7 Zahn, p. 337.\n8 Zahn, p. 340.\n9 Cf. Indonesia, infra, p. 188; also Admiralty Islands, Parkinson, p. 713; New Guinea (Kuni), Egidi, 1913, p. 997.\n11 New Guinea (Goodenough Bay), Ker, p. 21.\n12 Cf. New Guinea (Tami), Bamler, p. 537; Philippines (Tinguian), Cole, 1915, p. 96; Marshall Group, Erdland, p. 279; New Zealand, Wohlers, p. 10.\n15 Codrington, p. 172; Suas, 1912, p. 54; cf. Efate, Macdonald, 1892, p. 731; id. 1898, p. 765; Aurora, Codrington, loc. cit.; Banks Islands, ib. p. 397; New Guinea (Bilibili), Dempwolff, p. 82.\n16 Cf. the tales of sky-people who come down to fish, Santa Cruz, O'Ferral, p. 231; Rotumah, Romilly, 1893, p. 143.\n17 Cf. New Guinea (Nufoor), van Hasselt, p. 535; Philippines (Viscayan), Maxfield and Millington, 1907, p. 96; Sumatra (Batak), Pleyte, 1894, p. 125; (Achin) Hurgronje, ii. 126; Annam, Landes, 1886, p. 123. It is possible that there is something more than a coincidence in the resemblance of the name by which the swan-maidens are known in Lepers Island, vinmara, to their Sanskrit prototypes, the vidhy\u00e2dharas.\n18 Suas, 1912, p. 54.\n19 Cf. Efate, Macdonald, 1898, p. 764; Aurora, Codrington, p. 398; Whitsuntide, ib. p. 169; Torres Islands, ib. p. 375; New Guinea (Tami), Bamler, p. 532; (Jabim) Zahn, p. 390. The distribution of this incident of the arrow-chain in the North Pacific area, particularly upon the American coast, is a feature of considerable interest. See F. Boas, Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen K\u00fcste Amerikas, Berlin, 1895, pp. 17, 31, 64, 117, 157, 173, 215, 234, 246, 278; also Mythology of all Races, Boston, 1916, x. 255.\n20 Gazelle Peninsula, Meier, 1909, p. 85.\n21 Cf. New Hebrides (Tanna), Gray, p. 657; Torres Straits, Haddon, 1904, p. 89; New Guinea (Kai), Keysser, p. 164; (Nufoor) van Hasselt, p. 571; Indonesia, see infra, p. 226.\n22 Cf. Parkinson, p. 688; Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, Mariner, ii. 116; Manihiki, Gill, 1915, p. 151; Celebes (Todjo), Adriani, 1902b, p. 210.\n23 (Bukaua) Lehner, p. 480.\n24 For other examples of the belief that dawn or daylight drives away ghosts and spirits or makes them assume another form see infra, p. 144 and also New Guinea (Kai), Keysser, pp. 163, 199, etc.; (Goodenough Bay) Ker, p. 76; New Hebrides, Codrington, p. 409; New Zealand, Grey, p. 66.\n25 Cf. (Tami) Bamler, p. 526; (Jabim) Zahn, p. 369; (Goodenough Bay) Ker, p. 59; Torres Straits, Haddon, 1904, p. 24.\n26 Keysser, p. 197.\n27 Cf. Keysser, p. 233.\n28 (Ureparapara), Codrington, p. 360; cf. also Indonesia, infra, p. 194.\n29 Codrington, p. 364.\n30 Goodenough Bay, Ker, p. 3.\n31 Gazelle Peninsula, Meier, 1909, p. 285.","title":"Oceanic Mythology: Notes: Part II, Chapter III","type":"page"}