Add to ORKGThis is the legend of Taikahano, the merman/water sprite from A'akapa (Nuku Hiva). Taikahano was born with fish branchia/gills and was living more in the sea than on land. One day he went fishing with his father and his father was eaten by a big shark. To revenge his father's death, he set his whole village to catch the shark which they eventually did. They recovered the body of his father from the shark's stomach and laid him to rest. After that, Taikahano vanished to live in the sea
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This is the legend of Keikahanui, a warrior from Nuku Hiva. Keikahanui was originally from the valle...
This is the legend of Keikahanui, a warrior from Nuku Hiva. Keikahanui was originally from the valle...
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The People of Chea Village live in the Marovo Lagoon situated in the Western Province of the Salomon...
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This is the story/legend of Tekioekaiei, a warrior from Haka'ui. It is a story about how the Marques...
Bukimeasun An orphan growing up with her grandmother craves for fish and leaves home to find Bukime...
This is the story of a young man who fell in love with a girl down by the river. He did not know tha...
This is the legend of Keikahanui, a warrior from Nuku Hiva. Keikahanui was originally from the valle...
This is the legend of Keikahanui, a warrior from Nuku Hiva. Keikahanui was originally from the valle...
The men of Kiviri, a village at the edge of Numanuma, go fishing at night. A sea spirit joins them a...
In the legend of Kueenui, the "big eel", Kueenui, dwelling on Nuku Hiva in the river of Taipivai, ...
The men of Kiviri, a village at the edge of Numanuma, go fishing at night. A sea spirit joins them a...
In this session the local legend of the humpbacked full moon is told (cf. v.d.Steinen (1933), "Die b...
Matabuu An orphan, called Matabuu, grows up with his grandparents who do not treat him well. He run...
Overe (coconut) Two boys go fishing. On their way back home, the sea-monster Suvin asks them for fi...
The People of Chea Village live in the Marovo Lagoon situated in the Western Province of the Salomon...
In this session the legend of Fatu Uku, an uninhabitated island in the South Marquesas is told. It i...
This is the story/legend of Tioékaiee, a warrior from Haka'ui. It is a story about how the Marquesan...
This legend is about the woman Maioanui from Nuku Hiva in times of great famine on the Marquesas isl...
This is the story/legend of Tekioekaiei, a warrior from Haka'ui. It is a story about how the Marques...
Bukimeasun An orphan growing up with her grandmother craves for fish and leaves home to find Bukime...
This is the story of a young man who fell in love with a girl down by the river. He did not know tha...