Download or read book Tale Traditions of Eastern Micronesia written by Keith Stanley Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pacific Island Legends written by Bo Flood and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people. --amazon.com.
Download or read book Tungaru Traditions written by Arthur Francis Grimble and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimble's ethnographic studies of the Gilbertese, prepared between 1916 and 1926, provide an excellent baseline account of a fundamentally pre-contact culture. This collection, edited and introduced by H.E. Maude, comprises essays on mythology, history, and dancing; four chapters on the Maneaba; and organized field notes.
Download or read book Micronesian Legends written by Bo Flood and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells sixty-eight traditional legends of the islands, including creation myths and tales of duhendes, dancing trickster elves of the jungle.
Download or read book Summoning the Powers Beyond written by Jay Dobbin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summoning the Powers Beyond collects and reconstructs the old religions of preindustrial Micronesia. It draws mostly from written sources from the turn of the nineteenth century and the period immediately after World War II: reports of the Hamburg South Sea Expedition of 1908–1910, articles by German Roman Catholic missionaries in Micronesia included in the journal Anthropos, and reports by the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology (CIMA) and the American Board of Commissioners of the Foreign Missions (ABCFM). A detailed introduction and an overview of Micronesian religion are followed by separate chapters detailing religion in the Chuukic-speaking islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Palau, Kiribati, and Nauru. The Chamorro-speaking group of the Marianas is omitted because lengthy periods of intense military and missionary activity eradicated most of the local religion. The Polynesian outliers Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi are discussed at the end primarily to underscore the contrasts between Polynesian and Micronesian religion. In a concluding chapter, the author highlights the similarities and differences between the areas within Micronesia and then attempts an appreciation or evaluation of Micronesia religion. Finally, he addresses the evidence of a tentative hypothesis that Micronesian religion is sufficiently different from that of Polynesia and Melanesia to justify the continued claim of a separate Micronesian religion.
Download or read book Under the Northern Cross written by Ralph Chumbley and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia thousands of people flowed out of Southeast Asia and populated the many small islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean called Micronesia. Over the years, in that expansive water world, a great sailing culture developed. By 700 CE a lineage of kings, called the Saudeleurs, arose and came to rule the region. From 700-1150 CE on a high volcanic island called, Pohnpei, this dynasty of Saudeleur kings built a capital city called Nan Madol. At its zenith Nan Madol was a magnificent city consisting of over a hundred islets connected by Venice-like canals. But in 1500 CE the rein of the Saudeleur kings abruptly came to an end. History does not answer the question, "Why did this happen?" Under the Northern Cross weaves a fictional account of those last days of the Saudeleurs and provides an answer to the question that history does not. The target audience for Under the Northern Cross is pre- and early teenage boys, although the story is written for all ages to enjoy. The story is an adventure tale set in an exotic, faraway land. It is about two royal princes, Dareek and Katau. Katau was the first-born son to King Rehntu and Queen Wakit and the natural heir to the Saudeleur throne. Dareek was Katau's cousin - his mother was the sister of Queen Wakit - and, due to a series of unfortunate life circumstances, was adopted later-in-life by King Rehntu. The story weaves itself through the youthful years of Dareek and Katau and follows the boys' fortunes, travels, and misfortunes as they grow into young men. When at last the young men meet, they learn they are two brothers with very different skills and interests. Katau is an introverted scholar who shuns all the trappings and responsibilities of royal life. While Dareek is an outgoing extrovert who readily takes to the political life of a diplomat and courtier. As a father who loves both his sons, King Rehntu delays for years the decision of blessing one son as the heir to his throne. However, in his old age and failing health, Rehntu knows he must make a decision soon. Rehntu realizes that the future of the dynasty will best be serve by his adopted son, Dareek; but, he also knows that there is a strong Pohnpeian tradition about which son should inherits the throne - Katau. Rehntu's decision also weighs heavily on Katau and Dareek. In the final days of Rehntu's life, eight-hundred years of Saudeleur history, the individual personalities of each prince, and the political necessity for a clear heir to the throne, all come to a crisis point.
Download or read book Traditional Micronesian Societies written by Glenn Petersen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Micronesian Societies explores the extraordinary successes of the ancient voyaging peoples who first settled the Central Pacific islands some two thousand years ago. They and their descendants devised social and cultural adaptations that have enabled them to survive—and thrive—under the most demanding environmental conditions. The dispersed matrilineal clans so typical of Micronesian societies ensure that every individual, every local family and lineage, and every community maintain close relations with the peoples of many other islands. When hurricanes and droughts or political struggles force a group to move, they are sure of being taken in by kin residing elsewhere. Out of this common theme, shared patterns of land tenure, political rule, philosophy, and even personal character have flowed. To describe and explain Micronesian societies, the author begins with an overview of the region, including a brief consideration of the scholarly debate about whether Micronesia actually exists as a genuine and meaningful region. This is followed by an account of how Micronesia was originally settled, how its peoples adapted to conditions there, and how several basic adaptations diffused throughout the islands. He then considers the fundamental matters of descent (ideas about how individuals and groups are bound together through ties of kinship) and descent groups and the closely interlinked subjects of households, families, land, and labor. Because women form the core of the clans, their roles are particularly respected and their contributions to social life honored. Socio-political life, art, religion, and values are discussed in detail. Finally, the author examines a number of exceptions to these common Micronesian patterns of social life. Traditional Micronesian Societies illustrates the idiosyncrasies of individual Micronesian communities and celebrates the Micronesians’ shared ability to adapt, survive, and thrive over millennia. At a time when global climate change has seized our imaginations, the Micronesians’ historical ability to cope with their watery environment is of the greatest relevance.
Download or read book Micronesia 1944 1974 written by Mac Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legends of Micronesia Book One written by Eve Grey and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1951 by the Department of Education of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, for use in local schools. Among several versions of some legends, preference was given to forms known to young people of the day. Since there are different languages and customs in Micronesia, the legends have been checked for local detail and spelling with experts in each location.
Download or read book Tale Type and Motif indexes written by David S. Azzolina and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1987 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chuukese Folklore written by Jennene C. Obremski and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennene Gobremski invites you to experience her childhood and these stories by her maternal grandmother Rosa Newo. Contains Chuukese folktales and stories--stories have been passed down orally through generations from the Micronesian North Pacific.
Download or read book Upon a Stone Altar written by David L. Hanlon and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon a Stone Altar tells the history of a remarkable people who inhabit the island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Since the beginnings of intensive foreign contact, Pohnpei has endured numerous disruptive conflicts as well as attempts at colonial domination. Pohnpeians creatively adapted to change and today live successfully in a modern world not totally of their own making. Hanlon uses the vast body of oral tradition to relate the early history of Pohnpei, including the story of the building of a huge complex of artificial stone islets, Nan Madol.
Download or read book Traditional Marshallese Tools written by Carmen Petrosian-Husa and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife Topics and themes Africa Australia and Oceania written by William M. Clements and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Download or read book Traditional Storytelling Today written by Margaret Read MacDonald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Storytelling Today explores the diversity of contemporary storytelling traditions and provides a forum for in-depth discussion of interesting facets of comtemporary storytelling. Never before has such a wealth of information about storytelling traditions been gathered together. Storytelling is alive and well throughout the world as the approximately 100 articles by more than 90 authors make clear. Most of the essays average 2,000 words and discuss a typical storytelling event, give a brief sample text, and provide theory from the folklorist. A comprehensive index is provided. Bibliographies afford the reader easy access to additional resources.
Download or read book Stories from the Marshall Islands written by Jack A. Tobin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-10-31 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites--some malevolent, some playful. Many are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary.
Download or read book Bwebwenatoon Etto written by Margaret Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
