Stories from the Marshall Islands: Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein

Jack A. Tobin

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Stories from the Marshall Islands

Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein

Jack A. Tobin

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2002

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PALI Language Texts—Micronesia

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Linguistics and Semiotics Languages of Australia Pama–Nyungan Languages

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

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August 24, 2023

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9780824849931

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424

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824849931

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