Marianas island legends : myth and magic
Bo Flood, Connie J. Adams (Illustrator)
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.
Print Book, English, ©2001
Bess Press, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, ©2001
Folklore
xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781573061025, 9781573061018, 1573061026, 1573061018
48421392
MYTHS AND LEGENDS FROM THE CHAMORRO AND CAROLINIAN PEOPLE
Chamorro Creation Myth
Before Words Were Written
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
From Spanish Times (1668-1899)
Sirena
Juan Malo and the Governor's Three Pigs (a play)
The Legend of the Flame Tree
Banana and Coconut
FOLKLORE AND HISTORICAL TALES
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
WINDOWS TO OUR ANCESTORS: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT
What We Do
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
What We Believe
When a Woman Is Pregnant: Carolinian Customs
Journey in Life and Death: Carolinian Traditions
Funeral Chant (poem)
When We Dance
Origins of Stick Dance, a Carolinian Tradition
Warrior Dance: A Carolinian Stick Dance
Sa-Rin-a-Lo-Mwan (Dance of Invitation)
MICRONESIAN NAVIGATION
The Revival of Traditional Navigation
Arrogance (poem)
Let Our Voyage Be Safe (poem)
SHIVER STORIES
Introduction
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
RHYMES AND RIDDLES
The Sea Thunders
The Flame Tree
Green Fingers, Red Tongue
Group Riddles
Graveyard of Corals
Mango Palace
Home (poem)
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