Micronesian mythology
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Micronesian mythology refers to the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia
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Micronesia
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
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- AnagumangAnagumangAnagumang was a Yapese navigator who led an expedition in rafts and canoes five or six hundred years ago. On this expedition he discovered the islands of Palau, where he and his men first saw limestone. Limestone did not exist on Yap. The Palauan natives let the Yapese quarry this limestone in...
- AnulapAnulapAnulap is a god of magic and knowledge in the Truk Island mythology of Micronesia , who teaches these things to humanity. He is the husband of the creator goddess Ligobubfanu, and may be a creator deity himself....
- Areop-EnapAreop-EnapIn the indigenous creation myths of the people of Nauru, Areop-Enap played a major part in the creation of the world.-Creation myth:...
- AuriariaAuriariaIn the mythology of Kiribati, Auriaria is a red-skinned giant chieftain who fell in love with the beautiful red-skinned woman, Nei Tituaabine, but had no children. She died and, from her grave grew three trees—a coconut from her head, a pandanus from her heels and an almond from her navel. She...
- GadaoGadaoGadao is a legendary chief of the village of Inarajan in southern Guam. In the Chamorro language of ancient Guam, he would have had the title maga'lahi as a high-ranking male. In addition to being featured in legend, he is the namesake of Inarajan's Chief Gadao’s Cave containing ancient cave...
- Kai-n-Tiku-AbaKai-n-Tiku-AbaIn Kiribati mythology , Kai-n-Tiku-Aba is a sacred tree located in Samoa, which grew on the back of a man named Na Abitu. Koura-Abi, a destructive man, broke it. Sorrowful, the people of Samoa scattered across the world.-Origins:This myth is from Kiribati, and explains why the I-Kiribati...
- Nei TituaabineNei TituaabineNei Tituaabine, is a red-skinned maiden in Micronesian mythology, specifically in Kiribati.She fell in love with the giant red-skinned chief, Auriaria, but they had no children. After her death, three trees grew from her grave: a coconut from her head, a pandanus from her heels and an almond from...
- UekeraUekeraIn the Micronesian mythology of Kiribati Uekera is a tree that reaches to the heavens, the "tree of knowledge" in Kiribati legend. It is said to have been planted in Buariki village in North Tarawa by Nei Tekanuea. It is the inspiration for the name of the Kiribati weekly newspaper, Te...
- Nauruan indigenous religionNauruan indigenous religionThe Nauruan indigenous religion is a monotheistic system of belief that includes a female deity called Eijebong and an island of spirits called Buitani. Believers say that the sky and the earth were created by a spider called Areop-Enap...