Micronesian LegendsLegends 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. |
Contents
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS | |
How Navigation Was Learned | |
Mataquana and Gadao | |
Juan Malo and His Miraculous Medicine | |
PALAU | |
Manbuth | |
CHUUK | |
Rongerik Rongelap and the Great | |
A Chuukese Love Story | |
How Pisiiras Was Raised from the | |
POHNPEI AND KOSRAE | |
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS | |
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