Folklore of the Atayal of Formosa and the Mountain Tribes of Luzon


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Edward Norbeck offers a translation of folk tales of the Atayal, a tribe from the island of Taiwan. Norbeck presents the possibility that these tales are related to the mythology of other Indonesian and southeast Asian groups, especially the mountain tribes of Luzon, in the Philippines.




Folklore of the Atayal of Formosa and the Mountain Tribes of Luzon


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Philippine Folklore Bibliography


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Pentecost of the Hills in Taiwan


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The people movement to Christ among the original inhabitants (formerly called the "mountain tribes") of Taiwan has been called a "Twentieth Century Miracle." From 1929 to 1960 about 50% of the eleven different groups of Malayo-Polynesian peoples became Protestant Christians "Pentecost of the Hills" utilizes history,politics, sociology, anthropology and missiology to tell their story for the first time. This is not a missionary account--it relates how God raised up local leaders to do the major work of evangelism and nurture.




Folklore Studies


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Michigan Alumnus


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Includes section: "Some Michigan books."




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