Seeking the koko’ ta’ay : : Investigating the Origins of Little People Myths in Taiwan and Beyond / / edited by Tobie Openshaw and Dean Karalekas.
This volume, edited by Tobie Openshaw and Dean Karalekas, will guide you on a multidisciplinary journey through Indigenous peoples’ centuries-old lore of “little people” in Taiwan and the Pacific. Learn about the Taiwan SaiSiyat people’s paSta’ay ritual , still held to this day to commemorate the ko...
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Seeking the koko’ ta’ay : Investigating the Origins of Little People Myths in Taiwan and Beyond / edited by Tobie Openshaw and Dean Karalekas. Investigating the Origins of Little People Myths in Taiwan and Beyond 1st ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource (313 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 Brill Series in Taiwan Studies ; 2 Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Description based on print version record. English Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword -- Sharing Legends of Short-Statured People across Space and Time -- David Blundell -- Acknowledgements -- Tobie Openshaw -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Myth and Mystery -- Tobie Openshaw -- 1 The Vanishing Dwarf -- Domas Ayang -- 2 Pre-Neolithic Populations as Inspiration for Taiwan’s Mythical Little People -- A Survey of the Available Evidence -- Paul Jen-kuei Li -- 3 Tracing Negritos and Their Paths in Ancient Taiwan -- New Findings Raise More Questions -- Hsiao-chun Hung, Hirofumi Matsumura, and Mike T. Carson -- 4 Do Formosanisms in Austronesian Languages Originate from a Substrate of Taiwan’s Earliest Inhabitants? -- Roger Blench -- 5 Negrito Populations of Insular and Peninsular Southeast Asia -- P. Bion Griffin -- 6 Ljeljeman and Her Short Friends -- Kereker Palakurulj -- 7 The Place of koko’ ta’ay among the Saisiyat People -- The Origin of the Legend and Its Instantiation in the PaSta’ay -- Liu Yu-ling -- 8 Ritual Tools, Ritual Songs, and the ta’ay -- A Lexicon of the PaSta’ay -- Lancini Jen-hao Cheng -- 9 A History of Research into the Little People -- Finding Patterns in the Formosan Dwarf Legends -- Liu Yu-ling -- 10 Makasino -- Lulyang Nomin -- 11 The Primordial Little People Tale-Type -- Tracing Pacific Dwarf Myths throughout the Austronesian Expansion -- Dean Karalekas -- 12 What Ancient Taiwanese Negritos Might Tell Us about Mystery Hominoids in Indonesia -- Gregory Forth -- 13 Walking with Dvorovoi -- A History of European Imagery of Little People -- Igor Sitnikov -- Index. This volume, edited by Tobie Openshaw and Dean Karalekas, will guide you on a multidisciplinary journey through Indigenous peoples’ centuries-old lore of “little people” in Taiwan and the Pacific. Learn about the Taiwan SaiSiyat people’s paSta’ay ritual , still held to this day to commemorate the koko ta’ay . Follow the distribution of the legends, interspersed with original stories by modern Indigenous authors. Explore the archaeological find of small-statured negrito remains in Taiwan, and delve into the most current research on the topic by linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, and other specialists to unravel the mystery of what—or who—inspired these ancient legends. Dwarfs (Persons) Folklore. Saisiyat (Taiwan people) Folklore. Taiwan aborigines Folklore. Taiwan aborigines Rites and ceremonies. Taiwan aborigines Social life and customs. Print version: Openshaw, Tobie Seeking the Koko' Ta'ay Boston : BRILL,c2024 9789004708334 Karalekas, Dean, editor. Openshaw, Tobie, editor. Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024. Brill Series in Taiwan Studies ; 2. |
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Investigating the Origins of Little People Myths in Taiwan and Beyond Foreword -- Sharing Legends of Short-Statured People across Space and Time -- David Blundell -- Acknowledgements -- Tobie Openshaw -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Myth and Mystery -- Tobie Openshaw -- 1 The Vanishing Dwarf -- Domas Ayang -- 2 Pre-Neolithic Populations as Inspiration for Taiwan’s Mythical Little People -- A Survey of the Available Evidence -- Paul Jen-kuei Li -- 3 Tracing Negritos and Their Paths in Ancient Taiwan -- New Findings Raise More Questions -- Hsiao-chun Hung, Hirofumi Matsumura, and Mike T. Carson -- 4 Do Formosanisms in Austronesian Languages Originate from a Substrate of Taiwan’s Earliest Inhabitants? -- Roger Blench -- 5 Negrito Populations of Insular and Peninsular Southeast Asia -- P. Bion Griffin -- 6 Ljeljeman and Her Short Friends -- Kereker Palakurulj -- 7 The Place of koko’ ta’ay among the Saisiyat People -- The Origin of the Legend and Its Instantiation in the PaSta’ay -- Liu Yu-ling -- 8 Ritual Tools, Ritual Songs, and the ta’ay -- A Lexicon of the PaSta’ay -- Lancini Jen-hao Cheng -- 9 A History of Research into the Little People -- Finding Patterns in the Formosan Dwarf Legends -- Liu Yu-ling -- 10 Makasino -- Lulyang Nomin -- 11 The Primordial Little People Tale-Type -- Tracing Pacific Dwarf Myths throughout the Austronesian Expansion -- Dean Karalekas -- 12 What Ancient Taiwanese Negritos Might Tell Us about Mystery Hominoids in Indonesia -- Gregory Forth -- 13 Walking with Dvorovoi -- A History of European Imagery of Little People -- Igor Sitnikov -- Index. |
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