Identity area
Reference code
BU PTBDCF-PUBS-Legends
Title
The legends of the Mauberes
Date(s)
- 1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Textual record; 57 pp.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A booklet of Timorese folk tales, published in Portuguese along with Tetun and English translations and illustrations.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The crocodile that became Timor
- The way out of paradise
- The first horse race
- Peace on the Tchiáru plateau
- The giant of Manufahi
- The song of the fallen warrior
- The voice of the Liurai of Ossu
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Language of material
- English
- Portuguese
- Tetum
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Each story is written in English, Portuguese, and Tetum.