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RODRIGUES (José B.). REI de Nári: Histórias, Lendas, Tradições de Timor e Episódios da Vida Missionária. Lisboa. 1962. - RODRIGUES (José B.) REI de Nári: Histórias, Lendas, Tradições de Timor e Episódios da Vida Missionária . Lisboa: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1962. 280 pp.; 235 mm. A collection of Timorese stories, legends, and traditions, followed by episodes from missionary life, authored by the Salesian priest José B. Rodrigues. The work brings together narratives from the Timorese oral tradition – tales, legends, and myths – collected by the author during his missionary work, including the story that gives the book its title, about the figure of the ”King of Nári” and the Timorese cosmology surrounding the relationship between a supreme being and the power attributed to the souls of ancestors and the teis. (Estimated.) ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate