Author: ADRIANI, N. & M. ADRIANI-GUNNING (EDITOR),
Title: Bare'e verhalen. Opgeteekend door Dr. N. Adriani. Voor de uitgave bewerkt door M. Adriani-Gunning. [Eerste en enige druk; First and only edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1932-, 1933. 2 vols. Large stout 8°. Original printed wrappers. (viii0, 427; (xi), 247pp. List of abbreviations used, supplementary notes and corrigenda, register to both volumes. A collection of 150 classic stories and tales in Bareé language (in latin script), collected from oral sources by a dutch protestant missionary who worked an extended time amongst the Bare'e speaking Toraja from Central Sulawesi. Compiled, edited and translated into dutch by M. Adriani-Gunning in volume II. Still an important and authentic source illustrating Toraja mythology, religious thought and folklore. Good set. (a bit dog-eared, spine of volume 2 with a modern narrow cloth strip).

Keywords: literature mythology religion folklore toraja sulawesi language linguistics culture heritage legacy oral tradition culture sulawesi celebes colonialism indonesia southeastasia