Jane Downing & Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Marshallese Legends and Traditions

Marshallese Legends and Traditions

ISBN: XXX XXX XXX

Second edition
edited by Jane Downing and Dirk H.R. Spennemann

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 - LEGENDS OF CREATION: How the sail came to the outrigger; The Invention of the Boat; Why people avoid Adrie at Kwajalien; The story of Aao; The Story of Lijebake; The origin of the banana; Tobolar, the first coconut; Tobolar's brother Lokam; Origin of the coconut tree; Origin of the breadfruit; Origin of taro
Chapter 2 - ORIGINS OF ISLANDS AND PLACES: The island dropped from a basket; The jealous father; Inedrel and his kite; Lijjakwe the beautiful; Why Kwajalein has separate islets; How a large pool was formed on Mejit
Chapter 3 - LETAO AND JEMELIWUT: Letao and the Great Mother Turtle; Letao gave fire to the people; Letao and his brother Jemeliwut; Letao and the Kone-wood canoe; Letao and the Um; Letao's younger brother Ben; Letao and origin of the neck; Letao and Barron; Leburak; Letao and Kolorao; Leloran; The lost boy from Ailinglaplap
Chapter 4 - TALES OF SOCIAL CUSTOMS: The Counterfeit Spouse; The Story-telling Spirt; Aur; The Tricky Octopus
Chapter 5 - ANIMAL TALES: How the hermit crab won a race; The whale and the sandpiper
Chapter 6 - ORAL HISTORY: The Spirit Lover; Pingelap; Why sharks inhabit Lowakalle reef; The Story of Lojeik

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Marshallese Legends and Traditions

Second edition edited by Jane Downing and Dirk H.R. Spennemann

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Second edition
edited by Jane Downing and Dirk H.R. Spennemann