Marianas island legends : myth and magic

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Marianas island legends : myth and magic

compiled by Bo Flood ; with a foreword by Lawrence J. Cunningham ; illustrations by Connie J. Adams

Bess Press, c2001

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194)

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収録内容

  • Chamorro Creation Myth
  • How the women saved Guam
  • Okkodu : a clever trick for a beautiful girl
  • The pandanus: a legend of service
  • The great sea race
  • Half man but strong magic : the legend of Lipe'pee'lmo'ng
  • How navigation came to Micronesia
  • Sirena
  • Juan Malo and the governor's three pigs : a play
  • The Legend of the flame tree
  • Banana and coconut
  • The legend of the breadfruit tree
  • Have we always had banana trees?
  • The ancient Chamorros
  • The legend of Taga
  • Paru'ng : top hat chief
  • Rafalawasch wake : poem
  • Luta's little miracle : a look at Luta (Rota) long ago
  • Buried Treasure : ship of silver and jewels
  • The miracle of a mysterious lady
  • Stones from long ago : latte
  • The magic of fragrance : the mwaar of the rafalawasch
  • Respetu : the showing or giving of respect
  • What is respect?
  • Our banyan tree
  • A "Song sung" tradition
  • Some Chamorro recipes
  • Luus! a Carolinian love game
  • When a woman is pregnant : Carolinian customs
  • Journey in life and death : Carolinian traditions
  • Funeral chant : poem
  • Origins of stick dance, a Carolinian tradition
  • Warrior dance : a Carolinian stick dance
  • Sa-Rin-a-Lo-Mwan (Dance of Invitation)
  • The revival of traditional navigation
  • Arrogance : poem
  • Let our voyage be safe : poem
  • The crying child and the haunted house
  • Death of a friend
  • The card that disappeared
  • A school spirit and Bloody Mary
  • How a Taotaomo'na rebels
  • Illusions : real or unreal?
  • The boy on the side of the road
  • Salt and lemon
  • Wooden rainbow
  • The sea thunders
  • The flame tree
  • Green fingers, red tongue
  • Group Riddles
  • Graveyard of corals
  • Mango palace
  • Home : poem

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内容説明

Offering rare insights into Chamorro and Carolinian cultures, this volume contains legends, poems, folklore, history, traditions, rhymes and riddles, and shiver stories collected from the elders and youth of the Mariana Islands.

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