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Some stories claim Gadao himself drew the figures. [11] Two legends featuring Chief Gadao include the Legend of the Three Feats of Strength and the Legend of the Battle Between Chiefs. According with the Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana, Sassalagohan is the name of Hell on the Mariana Islands' mythology.
Similar creation myths (origin of people from mythical ancestors - mostly ancestral mothers) Culture heroes (mythical seafarers as bearers of important cultural goods) Mythical worldviews (land and sea areas in different "layers" and cardinal points) Dualistic concepts (every material thing and every living being has a spiritual double)
Dilukai from the Caroline Islands, Belau (), 19th-early 20th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art Dilukai, Belau culture, Micronesia. Dilukai (or dilukái or dilugai) are wooden figures of young women carved over the doorways of chiefs' houses (bai) in the Palauan archipelago.
Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [8] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean.The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia.
Republic of Palau. Palau was initially settled around 1000 BC.. Palau was likely sighted for the first time by Europeans as early as 1522, when the Spanish mission of the Trinidad, the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation, sighted two small islands around the 5th parallel north, naming them "San Juan" without visiting them.
A common story in Ngatpang is that the religion developed from the efforts of Christian missionaries in Palau who hoped to convert the islanders. After visiting Ibobang , a village in Ngatpang where most of the residents practice Modekngei, the missionaries were so impressed by the villagers' commitment to their customs that they allowed the ...
Samoan mythology includes many gods with creation stories and figures of legend such as Tagaloa and the goddess of war Nafanua, the daughter of Saveasi'uleo, ruler of the spirit realm Pulotu. Other legends include the well known story of Sina and the Eel which explains the origins of the first coconut tree.
Palauan may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Palau. Palauan language, which originated in Palau, and its various dialects and accents;