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Flood, Bo.
Subjects
Legends -- Oceania.
Legends -- Islands of the Pacific.
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by author:
Flood, Bo.
by title:
Pacific Island legen...
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Pacific
Island
legends
:
tales
from
Micronesia
,
Melanesia
,
Polynesia
, and
Australia
/ Bo Flood, Beret E. Strong, William Flood; illustrations by Connie J. Adams.
by
Flood, Bo.
Honolulu, Hawai'i : Bess Press, c1999. c1999.
Subjects
Legends
-- Oceania.
Legends
-- Islands of the
Pacific
.
Format:
No. of Holds for all sites :
0
Summary:
Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the
Pacific
Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people.
Description:
xiv, 266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
MICRONESIA
: Mariana Islands: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: How the women saved Guam -- Why mosquitoes suck blood -- Palau: Creation of Palau -- How the Dugong came to be -- Turtle and canoe -- Marshall Islands: La Kakelok (Man make fly) -- Federated States of
Micronesia
; Caroline Islands: How to steal the moon -- Yap: K'ow and Buneney -- Chuuk (Losap
Island
):
Island
of the dolphin girls -- Pohnpei: Tik and Lap and the ravenous fish -- Pohnpei (Kapingamarangi Atoll): Hina and the wooden bird -- Strong old magic -- Kosrae: Origin of the rat clan -- Kiribati: Tebwere, Tebarere, and Tetintiri --
MELANESIA
: Papua New Guinea: Kambel creates the world -- Circle of birth and death -- Jealous sun and and his beloved moon -- Solomon Islands: Warrior women of Lumalao -- Vanuatu: How the rat got its tail -- Why people have to die -- Thieves who helped invent the canoe -- New Caledonia: Seagull and the mussels -- Sun, the moon, and the woman -- Fiji: Fire-walkers of Beqa -- Why the reef stands far from Bau --
POLYNESIA
: Samoa: Chief's day ends -- Turtle and shark -- Rescue with fruit bats -- Tokelau: How counting came to Tokelau -- Cook
Island
: Rori-of-the-rocks -- Hina and her lover eel -- Tonga: Creation of the Tongan Islands, people, and kings -- Pitcairn
Island
: Tale of the Bounty -- French
Polynesia
(Tahiti): Tangaroa creates the great shell of the world -- Tahaki, the golden-skinned boy -- French
Polynesia
(Tuamotus): Legend of Rata -- French
Polynesia
(Marquesas): Tahia, the fragrant girl -- Easter
Island
: Makemake and the birds of Easter
Island
-- Hawaiian Islands: Hina, stolen queen -- New Zealand (Maori): Blood, the promise, and the tattoo --
AUSTRALIA
: Sky spirits create the sun -- How the kangaroo got her pouch -- Nerida and Birwain: a love story -- Where frost comes from.
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Non-fiction
398.2 Flood, Bo / Pacific
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