THE FATE OF THE CAESAREAN OPERATION - AN EPISODE IN MARQUESAN ORAL LITERATURE

• Authors: Krupa Viktor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Polynesian mythology is notable for several brief allusions to what is usually termed Caesarean birth. The sense of this operation does not consist in saving both mother and child but seems to be provoked by unsatisfactory knowledge of the operation that preferred the life of a newborn child at the expense of that of its mother. According to the legend, the innovation seems to have been brought from outside by Kae to the Marquesas and received favourably there.

Keywords

EN

CAESAREAN OPERATION IN POLYNESIA; KAE; MARQUESAS; ORAL LITERATURE; POLYNESIAN MYTOLOGY

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 138 - 146
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krupa Viktor

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• V. Krupa, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04498698