Mythology books from Micronesia
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If you are into mythology here are some mythology books from Micronesia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Book of Luelen by Luelen Bernart EN
Country: Oceania / Micronesia
Micronesia
Description:
Luelen Bernart, who died about the end of World War II, was a member of a prominent Ponapean family in the southeastern part of the island. As a youth he attended the Protestant mission school at Ohwa (Oa) and the style of the bible permeates his own writing. Locally he was renowned for the wealth of his traditional knowledge, which he recorded, apparently for his family... The book of Luelen appears to have been by far the fullest such manuscript completed by any Ponapean up to the time of Luelen's death: the author himself seems to have seen it as a comprehensive account of Ponape from its c... continue