Marianas island legends
Subtitle: myth and magic
By: compiled by Bo Flood ; with a foreword by Lawrence J. Cunningham ; illustrations by Connie J. Adams.
Contributors: Flood, Bo.
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Legends -- Mariana Islands.; Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Folklore.; Tales -- Mariana Islands.; Mythology, Micronesian.
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 194).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: MYTHS AND LEGENDS FROM THE CHAMORRO; title: AND CAROLINIAN PEOPLE 1; title: Chamorro Creation Myth 2; title: Before Words Were Written 5; title: How the Women Saved Guam 5; title: Okkodu: A Clever Trick for a Beautiful Girl 12; title: The Pandanus: A Legend of Service 19; title: The Great Sea Race 22; title: Half Man but Strong Magic: The Legend of Lipe'pee'lmo'ng 27; title: How Navigation Came to Micronesia38; title: From Spanish Times (1668-1899) 43; title: Sirena .43; title: Juan Malo and the Governor's Three Pigs (a play) 48; title: The Legend of the Flame Tree 55; title: Banana and Coconut 62; title: FOLKLORE AND HISTORICAL TALES o. 65; title: The Legend of the Breadfruit Tree 66; title: Have We Always Had Banana Trees? 71; title: The Ancient Chamorros78; title: The Legend of Taga 80; title: Paru'ng: Top Hat Chief 90; title: Rafalawasch Wake (poem ) 93; title: Luta's Little Miracle: A Look at Luta (Rota) Long Ago 95; title: Buried Treasure: Ship of Silver and Jewels 100; title: The Miracle of a Mysterious Lady 104; title: Stones from Long Ago: Latte 107; title: WINDOWS TO OUR ANCESTORS: LOOKING IN,; title: LOOKING OUT 109; title: What We Do 110; title: The Magic of Fragrance: The Mwaar of the Rafalawasch 110; title: Respetu: The Showing or Giving of Respect 114; title: What Is Respect? 117; title: Our Banyan Tree 120; title: A "Song Sung" Tradition 121; title: Some Chamorro Recipes 123; title: Luus! A Carolinian Love Game 126; title: What We Believe 130; title: When a Woman Is Pregnant: Carolinian Customs 130; title: Journey in Life and Death: Carolinian Traditions 131; title: Funeral Chant (poem) 134; title: When We Dance 136; title: Origins of Stick Dance, a Carolinian Tradition 136; title: Warrior Dance: A Carolinian Stick Dance 139; title: Sa-Rin-a-Lo-Mwan (Dance of Invitation) 143; title: MICRONESIAN NAVIGATION; title: 147; title: The Revival of Traditional Navigation 148; title: Arrogance (poem )154; title: Let Our Voyage Be Safe (poem) 155; title: SHIVER STORIES *.* 1S7; title: Introduction 158; title: The Crying Child and the Haunted House 161; title: Death of a Friend 164; title: The Card That Disappeared166; title: A School Spirit and Bloody Mary168; title: How a Taotaomo'na Rebels170; title: Illusions: Real or Unreal? 172; title: The Boy on the Side of the Road 174; title: Salt and Lemon 176; title: Wooden Rainbow 177; title: RHYMES AND RIDDLES 180; title: The Sea Thunders 181; title: The Flame Tree 182; title: Green Fingers, Red Tongue 184; title: Group Riddles 186; title: Graveyard of Corals 190; title: Mango Palace 191; title: Home (poem) 193; title: Select Bibliography 194.