Fāgogo
Subtitle: fables from Samoa in Samoan and English
By: collected, arranged and translated by Richard Moyle.
Contributors: Moyle, Richard M.
Publisher: Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: [Auckland]; [Oxford]
Language: eng; map
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Tales -- Samoan Islands.; Tales -- Samoan Islands -- History and criticism.; Folk songs, Samoan.
Description: "In Samoan folklore a fagogo is a story told mostly at night, privately, inside individual homes. It transports the audience into the folklore world of heroes and heroines, of supernatural forces acting for good or evil, but is set against a background of typical local society, making it immediately comprehensible to Samoans of all ages. The stories contain songs sung by the narrators."- Publisher's blurb.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 314.