Traditional stories from the northern Gilberts = Karaki n ikawai mai Kiribati meang / collected and written by Ten Tiroba ; translated by Reid Cowell. - Suva, Fiji : Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1989. - ix, 91 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Harry Maude -- Translator's preface -- 1. Naibunaki -- 2. Naubwebwe the cook -- 3. King Kewe -- 4. Noi Manganibuka the matiner -- 5. Nei Taing and Nei Teriba, the careful women -- 5. Nei Tabonabarao, Nei Tabonatanga and the Kuaroun -- 7. Tabuariki and Nareau -- 8. The ocean race -- 9. The young Nareau and Nautima -- 10. The tournament of the burning lances -- 11. Nei Nibarara and Nei Ikuku -- 12. The young Bukewe -- 13. Nei Ue and the eel-child -- 14. The butterfly and the gifts -- 15. The story of Teng Keneia -- 16. The story of Nei Atutababa -- 17. Taninganikauongo and ten tuanga -- 18. The raising of the sky by Riki -- 19. Nei Katama and Nei Kimoa -- 20. Tekoa and the artisans -- 21. The kekenu -- 22. The story of Te Ruaibong -- Vocabulary.


Contains text in Gilbertese.

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Tales--Kiribati.

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