The cultural significance of the flying fox in Samoa: a legendary view
Sinavaiana C and Enright J. 1992. The cultural significance of the flying fox in Samoa: a legendary view. Pages 36-38. In Wilson DE and Graham G: Pacific island flying foxes: proceedings of an international conservation conference. Hawaii. February 1-2, 1990. US Fish & Wildlife Service. Washington, DC. U.S. Fish and Wildife Service biological report 90(23)
This report offers a folklorist perspective that addresses the relation between oral lore and cultural reality. Analytic methods are focused upon bats, the earliest terrestrial residents of Samoa, in order to expose the cultural matrix which has produced this folklore.