OE1-aaz20120715_04 - Traditional Folktales

a series of folktales: 1. Moo'-hitu: a mythical snake who created the world (0.00–3.03) 2. Brao stones: explanation of the source of a landscape feature (3.03–4.23) 3. Nii Obe': the king of Koro'oto (4.26–5.19) 4. How the village of Koro'oto got its name (5.27–6.30) 6. How the village of Ansaof got its name (6.34–7.33) 7. How the village of Kiu Mabanat got its name (7.35–8.11) video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2D9WhYuuM&list=PLcXFPx-z7B0q_2Ns3iYHigEY77DG4kXSU&index=15 Original Filename: aaz-20120715-4-Nekmese-KusnawiBani-2 Originally Transcribed by: Yedida Ora (.pdf) Checked and Edited by: Owen Edwards (.txt) Interlinear by: Owen Edwards (.txt) Free Indonesian/Kupang: Yedida Ora, Owen Edwards Free English by: Owen Edwards Regarding the first story (Moo'-Hitu), this may be a conflation of two separate myths. The first is a creation myth about how Moo'-Hitu, a snake-like being, separates the sky, land and sea. The second myth is about how a python copulated with women and is, perhaps, an explanation for the origin of men. (In Timorese thought the human world cannot exist without women, who are the source of life. This leaves unexplained the origin of men.) The information in the myth is incredibly dense in parts and certain information is left unexplained and/or assumed to be known by the hearers.. Language as given: