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Folk-Lore in Borneo

by William Henry Furness

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A Philadelphia physician who travelled among the head-hunting peoples of Borneo offers a short sketch of their traditions, careful to note how much tribes differed in language and custom. He records creation stories, omens and beliefs about the dead, including the separate afterlife for warriors killed in battle and mothers who died in childbirth.

A brief, first-hand glimpse of Bornean belief for students of folklore. Download the free EPUB.

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