Kirtley, Bacil F.2019-10-182019-10-18197197808248840799780824884086http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63539This reference work analyzes and classifies the story themes of Polynesian myths, tales, and legends according to an internationally employed system developed by Stith Thompson in his Motif Index of Folk-Literature ( 1955-1958). Thousands of tales, including those from almost all of the major original collections from the Polynesian area, have been examined and their thematic contents cataloged in this work.PDFEPUB486 pagesengCC BY-NC-ND 4.0REFERENCE / Bibliographies & IndexesText