Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE XI
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. STORIES OF BEGINNINGS
6. 1: THE BEGINNING OF THIS WORLD 11
7. 2: STORY ABOUT BŌRRAAN 37
8. 3: STORY OF THE HEAVEN POST MEN 48
9. 4: THE ORIGIN OF TATTOOING 49
10. 5: THE ORIGIN OF THE IROOJ (CHIEFS) OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 51
11. 6: LIWĀTUONMOUR 53
12. 7: THE STORY OF LIWĀTUONMOUR AND LIDEPDEPJU 54
13. 8: ABOUT A WOMAN NAMED LŌKTANŪR 56
14. 9: THE STORY OF LŌKTANŪR 62
15. 10: BWEBWENATO IN JEBWA 65
16. 11: ABOUT A YOUNG MAN OF JĀALOOJ: STORY ABOUT ANIDEP 67
17. 12: A YOUNG MAN WHO SAW JEBRQ 76
18. 13: ORIGIN OF THE BANANA PLANT ON ARNO ATOLL 81
19. 14: COCONUT DRIFTING ONTO THE SANDBAR: THE BEGINNING OF COCONUT TREES 83
20. 15: STORY ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF PANDANUS IN THE ATOLLS OF THE MARSHALLS 87
21. 16: THE STORY OF BŌB (PANDANUS) 89
22. 17: A FAIRY TALE (INQN) 90
23. 18: STORIES OF RONLAP AND RONDIK 91
24. 19: STORY ABOUT ELLEP IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO 98
25. 20: STORY ABOUT ELLEP ISLAND 104
26. 21: STORY ABOUT JEBAT ISLAND 105
27. 22: STORY ABOUT THE ATOLL OF WŌTTO IN THE OLDEN DAYS 106
28. 23: THE STORY OF LABŌKJĀNWUT 109
29. 24: LAIO, THE DEMON WHO STOLE FROM THE ATOLL OF MĀJRO 110
30. 25: HOW THE LARGE INLET ON WŌTTO ISLAND WAS FORMED 112
31. 26: THE BEGINNING OF THE APPEARANCE OF NAVIGATION IN THESE ATOLLS 113
32. 27: THE REASON THE KAPINMETO PEOPLE KNOW NAVIGATION: STORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF NAVIGATION 116
33. 28: STORY ABOUT WEATHER: THE WAY THE OLD PEOPLE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS USED (FORECAST) WEATHER 126
34. 29: ABOUT THE IKID (SONG-STORY) OF THE LŌRRO AND LIKAKŌJ 128
35. 30: THE IKID (SONG-STORY) OF LAINJIN 131
36. STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS
37. 31: OUR MOTHER FOREVER, OUR FATHER AND THE FATHER OF OTHERS 143
38. 32: STORY ABOUT INEDEL 150
39. 33: STORY ABOUT LIVING THINGS (ANIMALS) IN THE MARSHALLS 151
40. 34: THE TATTLER AND THE TRITON: A PARABLE ABOUT THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES TO EPOON 157
41. 35: THE STORY OF LIJEBAKE 160
42. 36: STORY ABOUT A KAKWŌJ 164
43. 37: LŌPPEIPĀĀT (LOW TIDE) 167
44. 38: TWO WOMEN 171
45. STORIES ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS AND FLYING WOMEN
46. 39: STORY ABOUT A WOMAN ON KŌLE ISLAND 178
47. 40: STORY ABOUT A MEJENKWAAD 184
48. 41: MEJENKWAAD STORY FROM ĀNEWETAK 192
49. 42: MEJENKWAAD STORIES 194
50. 43: A MEJENKWAAD ON ARNO 195
51. 44: MEJENKWAAD STORY AND LŌMKEIN STORY 196
52. 45: STORY OF LŌMKEIN 197
53. 46: STORY ABOUT LŌMKEIN 204
54. 47: STORY OF TWO BROTHERS ON JĀLOOJ 205
55. 48: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD TEN BOYS 207
56. 49: STORY ABOUT ELEVEN BOYS 213
57. 50: STORY ABOUT TWO EPATŌN WOMEN 219
58. 51: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY CHILD 222
59. 52: ABOUT A MAN NAMED JEMERKINENE 232
60. 53: A STORY OF TWO MEN IN RATAK, ON WŌJJĀ ATOLL, ISLAND OF MĀJJEN 239
61. 54: STORY ABOUT A YOUNG MĀJEEJ GIRL 244
62. 55: THE GIRLS FROM EP 247
63. 56: LIJIBOKRA 256
64. 57: STORY ABOUT LŌRRO 258
65. 58: TWO JĀLOOJ WOMEN (LŌRRO) 267
66. 59: A LŌRRO STORY FROM ARNO ATOLL 269
67. 60: A LŌRRO STORY FROM ĀNEWETAK ATOLL 270
68. OTHER STORIES
69. 61: ABOUT A WOMAN ON UJAE NAMED LIBWINER 271
70. 62: THE STORY OF LANINLUR 279
71. 63: ABOUT A CHIEF ON EPATŌN, KUWAJLEEN 280
72. 64: STORY ABOUT TWO YOUNG MEN AT WŌJA, AELŌNLAPLAP 288
73. 65: STORY ABOUT A BOY NAMED DEELELPO JĀPO 296
74. 66: STORY ABOUT NOONIEP 303
75. 67: NOONIEP STORIES FROM ĀNEWETAK ATOLL 308
76. 68: STORIES ABOUT ETAO 309
77. 69: MAUI ON MĀJEEJ, AND WŌNENAK STORIES 312
78. 70: MAUI ON MĀJEEJ 314
79. 71: THE CHANT OF MILE: FISHING UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 315
80. 72: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WAS ON RONDIK 317
81. HISTORICAL EVENTS
82. 73: THE BIG TYPHOON THAT DEVASTATED THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 321
83. 74: EPOON HISTORY: THE VOYAGE TO BANEP (OCEAN ISLAND) 322
84. 75: THE WAR BETWEEN THE RI-MWEJOOR AND THE LAJJIDIK AND RAARNO 323
85. 76: BWEBWENATO IN ARNO: ARNO HISTORY 325
86. 77: RĀLIK HISTORY: ABOUT THE CHIEFS 329
87. 78: RĀLIK HISTORY: THE WAR ON EPOON 330
88. 79: THE CONQUEST OF PIKINNI ATOLL BY LAARKELAN 333
89. 80: EARLY HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF WŪJLAN ATOLL 336
90. 81: ĀNEWETAK ATOLL HISTORY: WARFARE WITH INVADERS 338
91. 82: STORY ABOUT KIDU IN LQJET (DOG OF THE SEA) 341
92. 83: THE WAR BETWEEN LAUNA AND THE WOLEAI PEOPLE 343
93. 84: STORY ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN THE MARSHALLESE PEOPLE AND THE WOLEAI PEOPLE 345
94. 85: STORY ABOUT KABUA WHEN HE DRIFTED TO MAKIL 353
95. 86: STORY ABOUT AN AMERICAN SHIP 359
96. 87: STORY ABOUT AN AMERICAN SHIP: FURTHER EXPLANATION 366
97. 88: THE PEOPLE OF MĀJEEJ AND THE GERMAN TRADER 368
98. 89: STORY ABOUT THE MĀJEEJ IROOJ 370
99. 90: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ON Ā NEWETAK ATOLL AND ON WŪJLAN ATOLL 371
100. APPENDICES
101. APPENDIX A: BIOGRAPHIES OF STORYTELLERS 373
102. APPENDIX B: MOTIFS OF THE STORIES 378
103. APPENDIX C: WEATHER FORECASTING AND NAVIGATION 386
104. APPENDIX D: A NOTE ON CANOE BUILDING IN THE OLDEN DAYS 388
105. APPENDIX E: THE OLD MARSHALLESE METHOD OF COUNTING 389
106. REFERENCES 391
107. INDEX 395