Micronesian legends

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Micronesian legends

Bo Flood, Beret E. Strong, William Flood ; illustrations by Connie J. Adams

Bess Press, c2002

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-207)

収録内容

  • How the women saved Guam
  • How navigation was learned
  • The story of Taga
  • Mataquana and Gadao
  • The story of Piwamwan of Souk
  • Chief Aghurubw
  • Juan Malo and his miraculous medicine
  • Fragrant lady
  • Duhendes, trickster elves of the jungle
  • The tale of two lovers
  • Creation myth, including the story of the Giant Uab
  • The Spider God teaches natural childbirth
  • Two lovers and how the turtle cycle was discovered
  • How the Dugong came to be
  • The true story of Prince Lebu
  • Turtle and canoe
  • The old lady of Ngerchokl
  • In the beginning
  • Building the canoe
  • The overconfidence of Longolap
  • The sands of Aluluil
  • How Motigitig fished up Fais Island
  • How Ulithi was formed
  • Why Olifat created the stingray
  • How Olifat brought tattooing to Yap
  • The stone money of Yap
  • The journey of Rat and the Golden Plover
  • The bat and the rat
  • Manbuth
  • The Rock of Khlop
  • The giant monster and the disobedient boy
  • Creation myth
  • Pwapwa and Lippar
  • Nemwes
  • The sweet water of East Fayu
  • The young woman of Tol
  • The ravenous Kuling
  • Rongerik, Rongelap and the great Un
  • Neini and Anaini : A Chuukese love story
  • How Pisiiras was raised from the sea
  • The mountain tunnel of Tol
  • The stolen wife and the flying canoe
  • The first clan
  • The terrible mistake of the two brothers
  • Satokawai's impossible task
  • Isohkelekel vanquishes the Saudeleur
  • The death of Isohkelekel
  • Sakier, the outcast sister
  • The boy who stole the coconut crab
  • The black snake of Kosrae
  • The selfish girl and the giant
  • Two brothers and the chief's daughter
  • How the islands got their names
  • Why rat and octopus don't get along
  • The story of Taramalu
  • The story of Litobora
  • Frenchman's Flat
  • When wisdom was stronger than war
  • The formation of Kwajalein
  • Letao and the chief's canoe
  • The foolish octopus
  • The father who mistreated his son
  • The lost boy
  • The beautiful Lejakkwe

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内容説明

Legends from the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are interwoven with historical interludes and beautiful woodcut illustrations.

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