@article{2019:jones:the_many_d,
title = {The Many Dimensions of a Kuni Folktale},
year = {2019},
note = {Engaging with a superficially simple folktale from the Kuni of Papua
New Guinea, I identify a number of far-flung and quasi-universal
themes as well as some widely distributed Melanesian ones. I suggest
the main function of the etiological folktale is to obviate aspects of
everyday existence, then to restore and reaffirm them. I attribute the
grip of etiological tales, more generally, to a human drive for
explanation. An added attraction for the Kuni is the sense of
solidarity gained in public semi-ritualised retellings. Finally, I
analyse some of the ‘inside’ meanings contained in this tale of
Kolukolu and the Moon.},
journal = {Anthropos},
pages = {417--436},
author = {Jones, Alan},
volume = {114},
number = {2}
}