In response to Brian Turner's request for material on FigianMyths and Legends the following annotated bibliography wassubmitted by subscriber Morgan Tuimaleali'ifano.
ANON. 1881. "Viti-Inseln. Sur Mythologie der Eilngeborenen." Ausland no. 32. (A general discussion.)
BAKKER, G.T. 1924. "Highland tribes of Ra." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1923 pp. 28-34. (Includes texts and translations of songs.)
BAKKER, G.T. 1925. "A war on the Nakauvadra." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1924. (Legend of the Saivou tribe.)
BAKKER, G.T. 1925. "Dakuwaqa". Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1924. pp. 30-6. (Legend of the shark-god.)
BAKKER, George,T. 1925. "Vanua Alewa, the sirens' isle ofFiji." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1924, pp. 25- 9. (Legend of paradisial island inhabited by women.)
BEAUCLERC, G.A.F.W. 1910. "Legend of the upheaval of Mount Washington." Transactions of the Fijian Society ... from itscommencement to 31 Dec. 1910, pp. 22-4. (Legend of island of Ono.)
BEAUCLERC, G.A.F.W. (trans.) 1915. "Adi Rarogo."Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1914, 7pp. ("The wonderful story of Adi Leveusu, a young lady of Bau." Translated from account written by P.E. Tatawaqa. See Small 1915.)
BEAUCLERC, G.A.F.W. (trans.) 1917. "The path of the soul to Hades." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1916. p.1-10. (Spirits' journey to the land of the dead, translated from an account written "some years ago" in the Fijian magazine Na Mata. Includes texts of songs, in Fijian only.)
BEAUCLERC, G.A.F.W. 1923. "A Namosi war. The evacuation of Wainabi." Transctions of the Fijian Society for 1922, pp.20-3. (Translation of account written by Fijian.)
BIGGS, Bruce G. 1948. "Fijian riddles." Journal of the Polynesian Society 57:342:8. (Texts and translations).
BIGGS, Bruce G. 1953. "A Fijian fable." Journal of Austronesian Studies 1:116-7. (The swamp-hen and the rat. Texts of two versions, and translation.)
BREWSTER, A. Brewster (trans.) 1921. "The history of Nadrau." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1920, pp.16-9. (Translation of an account by Nacaniele, District Scribe of Nadrau.)
BREWSTER, A. Brewster, 1921. "The chronicles of the Noemalu tribe or dwellers in Emalu." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1920, pp.6-15. (Discussion of traditional history.)
CLOUSTON, W.A. 1887. "Two South Pacific Folk-tales." Folk-lore Journal 5:254-7. (Two folktales collected by Fison; different versions later appeared in Fison 1904, pp. 33-9 and 99-133.)
CUMMINGS, C.F. 1881. At home in Fiji. 2 vols. Blackwood, London. (Vol. 2, pp.294-310: notes on folk-lore.)
DEANE, W. 1908-10. "Tanovu - the god of Ono." Transactions of the Fijian Society from the period of its commencement to 31stDecember 1910. pp.39-42. (Legend of raising mountain and other exploits.)
DEANE, W. 1921. Fijian society or the sociology andpsychology of the Fijians. Macmillan, London. (Includes discussion of myths and legends.)
FISON, Lorimer, 1881. "Some Fijian riddles." Journal of the Anthropology Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 11:406-10. (Translations and explanations. Also translation of the fable of the teri (bird) and the rat.)
FISON, Lorimer 1904. Tales from old Fiji. Moring, London. (xiv, 175pp. Ten narratives collected and freely retold by author, with introduction and notes.)
FISON, Lorimer and A.S. GATSCHET 1885. "Specimens of Fijian dialetcs". Internationale Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft 2:193-208. (Annotated texts and translations of 9 meke, and tale of teri-bird and rat, in 7 dialects.)
FISON, Lorimer, See also Clouston, W.A.
FRANCE, P. 1966. "The Kaunitoni migration. Notes on thegenesis of a Fijian tradition." Journal of Pacific History 1:107-13. (A masterly account of the recent, post-European, origins of this tradition. Includes references to important manuscript collections of Fijian traditions.)
GIFFORD, E.W. 1951. "Fijian mythology, legends, and archaeology." University of California Publications in Semitic Philology 11:167-77. (Discusses a possible correlation between archaeological findings and Fijian legends in Viti Levu.)
GORDON, Sir Arthur H. 1893. "On Fijian Poetry." Transactions of the 9th International Congress of Orientalists, London, 1892,2:731-53. (Discusses characteristics of the poetry. Includes many songs, in translation only.)
HALE, Horatio 1846. United States exploring expedition ... Under the command of Charles Wilkes ... Ethnography and philology. Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia. Reprinted 1968, The Gregg Press, Ridgewood, N.J. (pp. 383-9: remarks on the poetry, with annotated texts and translations of six songs. Two of these are also in Wilkes 1845.)
HAMES, Alice Inez 1960. Legends of Fiji and Rotuma.Privately printed (Watterson & Roddick), Auckland. (88pp. Thirty retold tales, mostly Fijian. Somecollected from school children; all, apparently, from oral sources. English only. See also Reed and Hames 1967.)
HAZLEWOOD, David 1914. A Fijian and English and an English and Fijian Dictionary 2nd edition, ed. by James Calvert. Waterlow & Sons, London. First ed. 1850. (Includes texts of song, fable, and prayer addressed to gods.)
HEATLY, E.M. 1921. "Some Fijian legends and Supersititions." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1921, pp. 41-2. (The adventure of Vakacokasai, and three other short narratives.)
HEATLY, E.M. 1923. "The invisible isle of Burotu."Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1922, pp.10-11. (Legend of fisherman visiting paradisial island inhabited by women.)
HEATLY, E.M. (trans.) 1923. "The Namosi wars." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1922, pp.18-20. (Translation of account written by Ro Verebalavu.)
HEATLY, E.M. 1924. "A legend of Suva." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1923, pp.24-8. (Legend of Naitala, seer of the tribe of Lami.)
HENNINGS, G.M. 1918. "The murder of the first Tui Naiau." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1917, pp.33-7. (Traditional history of island of Lakeba.)
HORNELL, James 1927. String figures from Fiji and Western Polynesia. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Bul. 39. Reprinted 1971. (Includes texts and translations of several short chants recited during performance of string figures.)
JACKSON, F. Arthur. 1894. "A Fijian legend of the origin of the `Vilavilairevo' or `fire ceremony'". Journal of the Polynesian Society 3:72-5. (Translated from Na Mata newspaper of 30 Nov. 1885.)
HENNESS, D. 1913. "The magic mirror: a Fijian folk-tale." Folklore 14:233-4. (Translation of tale concerning magic stone that cured illness.)
KUNIKE, H. 1929. "Das Sonnenkind. Ein Marchen von den Vitiinseln." Der Erdball 3:455-9. (Chief's daughter bears a child to the sun; the boy goes to find his father. German only.)
LA FARGE, J. 1904. "A Fijian festival. The story of the war of the fish-hook." Century 67:518-26. (pp.524-6: story illustrating customs associated with warfare.)
LAWRY, Walter 1850. Friendly and Feejee Islands. Amissionary visit to various stations in the South Seas. C. Gilpin, London, 2nd ed. (144pp, Includes discussion of mythology.)
LAWRY, Walter 1982. Missions in the Tongan and FeejeeIslands, as described in the journals of Rev. Walter Lawry, revised by Daniel P. Kidder. Lane & Scott, New York. (499pp. Includes references to tradition.)
LESTER, R.H. 1941-2. "Kava drinking in Vitilevu, Fiji."Oceania 12:97-121, 227-254. (Discusses legends concerning origin, and gives texts and translations of chants and formal utterances.)
MARZAN, J. de 1913. "Histoire de la tribu de Vunaqumu (Viti Levu, Fiji) et son totem arbre." Anthropos 8:880. (Story of tribal origins, in French only.)
MOREY, C.J. 1932. "Wrecked on the voyage to Lau." Journal of the Polynesian Society 41:310-1. (Text and translation of meke, song accompanying dance.)
MOREY, C.J. 1933. "A modern song of parting, Fiji". Journal of the Polynesian Society 42:106. (Text and translation.)
PARHAM, Helena B.R. 1931. "Fijian legends. A legend based on early intercourse between Fiji and Tonga." Fiji Times and Herald, Oct. 5. (Story of Raradinadavetalevu, freely retold from earlier, unspecified publication.)
PRITCHARD, W.T. 1866. Polynesian reminiscences. Chapman and Hall, Hondon. (Includes discussion of mythology.)
QUAIN, Buell H. 1942. The flight of the chiefs, epic poetry of Fiji. Augustin, New York. (xiv, 248pp. Translations of songs and tales, with introduction and detailed annotations. An important work.)
RAIWALUI, Anare K. 1954. Na I Vosavosa Vakaviti E So: a collection of Fijian idioms. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. Published in association with the South Pacific Commission Literature Bureau. (51pp. Texts, translations and explanations of proverbial expressions.)
REED, A.W. and Inez HAMES 1967. Myths and Legends of Fijian Rotuma. A.H. and A.W. Reed, Wellington. (251pp. A popular work. Contains the stories in Hames 1960, with other stories taken from early publications. Allstories retold by Reed.)
ROCHEREAU, 1915. "Legendes canaques. Une page de mythologie fijienne." Les Missions Catholiques 47:407-8, 419-20. (Narrative concerning demi-god Tanovo, in island of Ono, Kadavu archipelago.)
ROUGIER, Emmanuel 1911. "Danses et jeux aux Fijis. (Iles de l'Oceanie.)" Anthropos 6:466-84. (Includes several texts and translations of songs. See Rougier 1916.)
ROUGIER, Emmanuel 1916. "Fijian dances and games."Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1915, pp.16-36. (Translation of Rougier 1911, with commentary by Colman C. Wall.)
SMALL, A.J. 1914. "A Fijian fable." Transactions of theFijian Society for 1912-13, 1p. (Fish agree not to take bait, but their chief yields to temptation.)
SMALL, A.J. 1915. "Analysis of the Fijian story of AdiLeveusu alias Adi Rarogokivavalagi." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1914, 5pp. (Discussion of Beauclerc (trans.) 1915.)
ST.JOHNSON, Dr. T.R. 1918. "The `Burotu' of the LauIslanders." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1917. pp.25-33. (Discussion of legends concerning the land of the dead.)
ST.JOHNSON, Dr. T.R. 1918. The Lau islands (Fiji) and their fairy tales and folk-lore. The Times, London. (145pp. Translations of stories collected by the author.)
SUTHERLAND, Wm. 1908-10. "The `Tuka' Religion."Transactions of the Fijian Society from the period of its commencement to 31st December 1910. (Account of myth associated with a new, post-Christian relitious movement.)
THOMSON, Basil 1892. "The land of our origin. (Viti, orFiji)." Journal of the Polynesian Society 1:143-6. (Text and translation of origin myth concerning Mdengei and Turukawa.)
THOMSON, Basil 1908. The Fijians: a study of the decay of custom. Heinemann, London. Reprinted 1968, Dawsons of Pall Mall, London. (396pp. Includes myth of origin, in translation; also songs, some with original texts.)
TREGEAR, Edward 1903. "The making and un-making of man. (A legend of Fiji.) Journal of the Polynesian Society 12:182-3. (Story of Degei, creation of mankind, and origins of death. Source not given.)
WALL, Colman 1918. "Dakuwaqa." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1917 pp. 39-46. (Legends concerning spirit that entered the body of a shark. See also, later in the same issue, pp.6-12, a supplementary collection of short papers entitled "Dakuwaqa".)
WALL, Colman 1919. "Story of Vuvu." Transactions of theFijian Society for 1918, pp.1-5, 29-33. (Legend of girl swallowed by great fish and taken across the sea.)
WALL, Colman 1920. "Sketches in Fijian History" Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1919, pp.7-34. (Discusses traditional history.)
WATERHOUSE, Rev. Joseph 1866. The king and people of Fiji... Wesley Conference Office, London. (xii, 436pp. Includes discussion of mythology, and texts and translations of several meke, songs accompanied by dancing.)
WILKES, Charles 1845. Narrative of the United Statesexploring expedition during the years 1833-42. 5 vols. and atlas. Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia. (Vol. III, p.246: texts and translations of two songs. See also hale 1846.)
WILLIAMS, Thomas and James CALVERT 1858. Fiji and theFijians, the islands and inhabitants: mission history ed. by G.S. Rowe. 2 vols. Heylin, London. Also Appleton, New York, 1859. (Vol. I, by Williams, includes texts and translations of several songs and proverbs. Also some references to mythology.)
WITHEROW, F.A. 1914. "Story of Tekenivula, the ancestor of the fishermen." Transactions of the Fijian Society for 1912- 3,2pp. (Legend concerning origin of turtle nets.)