Evans. Folklore in North Borneo

Today's free book is Studies in religion, folk-lore, & custom in British North Borneo and the Malay peninsula by Ivor H.N. Evans (1923). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(North Borneo)

Table of Contents

Folk-Tales of the Tuaran and Tempassuk Districts
A Legend of the Creation
The Beginning of the World
Kinharingan and Bisagit
Kinharingan and the Snake
The Eclipse: Tarob and the Moon
The Mengkahalob
Towardakan
The Path of the Ghosts
The Legend of the Lempada
The Making of the Bluntong (Rainbow)
The Tompok and the Sungkial
Dusun signs for averting sickness
The Story of Langaon
The Belukun (Scaly Ant-eater)
The Mosquitoes' Village
Rakian
Lomaring and the Sparrows
Wild Pig
The Legend of Aki Gahuk, the Ancestor of the Crocodiles
The Puaka
Why the Dusuns of Tempassuk Village Do Not Eat Snakes
The Orang-Utan
The Origin of a Dusun Custom
The Origin of the Spring-trap, the Ror and the Puru-Puru (Constellations)
The Legend of Nonok urgung
How the Bajaus came to the Tempassuk and the Dusuns learnt the use of Beeswax
Pots
Lamongoyan
Tudu
The Puak (Horned Owl) and the Moon
The Three Rajas
The Half Men
The Monkeys
Kaduan
The Legend of Ligat Liau
The Lazy Woman and her Bayong
Serunggal
The Singkalaki and his Slaves
Ginas and the Raja
The Kandowai and the Kerbau (Buffalo)
The Lungun, the Bobog and the Monkeys
The Bobog (Water-Tortoise) and the Elephant
The Magical Boats
The Buffalo and the Banana Plant
The Raja and the Pauper
The P'landok (Mouse-deer) and the Gergasi
The P'landok and the Tiger
The P'landok and the Bear
The P'landok and the Crocodile
The P'landok in a Hole
The P'landok and the Omong

Malay Folk-Tales
Why the Bear Has No Tail
Awang Durahman