Stories from the Marshall Islands : : Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein / / Jack A. Tobin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Tobin, Jack A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: PALI Language Texts—Micronesia
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- STORIES OF BEGINNINGS -- 1: THE BEGINNING OF THIS WORLD -- 2: STORY ABOUT BŌRRAAN -- 3: STORY OF THE HEAVEN POST MEN -- 4: THE ORIGIN OF TATTOOING -- 5: THE ORIGIN OF THE IROOJ (CHIEFS) OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS -- 6: LIWĀTUONMOUR -- 7: THE STORY OF LIWĀTUONMOUR AND LIDEPDEPJU -- 8: ABOUT A WOMAN NAMED LŌKTANŪR -- 9: THE STORY OF LŌKTANŪR -- 10: BWEBWENATO IN JEBWA -- 11: ABOUT A YOUNG MAN OF JĀALOOJ: STORY ABOUT ANIDEP -- 12: A YOUNG MAN WHO SAW JEBRQ -- 13: ORIGIN OF THE BANANA PLANT ON ARNO ATOLL -- 14: COCONUT DRIFTING ONTO THE SANDBAR: THE BEGINNING OF COCONUT TREES -- 15: STORY ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF PANDANUS IN THE ATOLLS OF THE MARSHALLS -- 16: THE STORY OF BŌB (PANDANUS) -- 17: A FAIRY TALE (INQN) -- 18: STORIES OF RONLAP AND RONDIK -- 19: STORY ABOUT ELLEP IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO -- 20: STORY ABOUT ELLEP ISLAND -- 21: STORY ABOUT JEBAT ISLAND -- 22: STORY ABOUT THE ATOLL OF WŌTTO IN THE OLDEN DAYS -- 23: THE STORY OF LABŌKJĀNWUT -- 24: LAIO, THE DEMON WHO STOLE FROM THE ATOLL OF MĀJRO -- 25: HOW THE LARGE INLET ON WŌTTO ISLAND WAS FORMED -- 26: THE BEGINNING OF THE APPEARANCE OF NAVIGATION IN THESE ATOLLS -- 27: THE REASON THE KAPINMETO PEOPLE KNOW NAVIGATION: STORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF NAVIGATION -- 28: STORY ABOUT WEATHER: THE WAY THE OLD PEOPLE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS USED (FORECAST) WEATHER -- 29: ABOUT THE IKID (SONG-STORY) OF THE LŌRRO AND LIKAKŌJ -- 30: THE IKID (SONG-STORY) OF LAINJIN -- STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS -- 31: OUR MOTHER FOREVER, OUR FATHER AND THE FATHER OF OTHERS -- 32: STORY ABOUT INEDEL -- 33: STORY ABOUT LIVING THINGS (ANIMALS) IN THE MARSHALLS -- 34: THE TATTLER AND THE TRITON: A PARABLE ABOUT THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES TO EPOON -- 35: THE STORY OF LIJEBAKE -- 36: STORY ABOUT A KAKWŌJ -- 37: LŌPPEIPĀĀT (LOW TIDE) -- 38: TWO WOMEN -- STORIES ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS AND FLYING WOMEN -- 39: STORY ABOUT A WOMAN ON KŌLE ISLAND -- 40: STORY ABOUT A MEJENKWAAD -- 41: MEJENKWAAD STORY FROM ĀNEWETAK -- 42: MEJENKWAAD STORIES -- 43: A MEJENKWAAD ON ARNO -- 44: MEJENKWAAD STORY AND LŌMKEIN STORY -- 45: STORY OF LŌMKEIN -- 46: STORY ABOUT LŌMKEIN -- 47: STORY OF TWO BROTHERS ON JĀLOOJ -- 48: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD TEN BOYS -- 49: STORY ABOUT ELEVEN BOYS -- 50: STORY ABOUT TWO EPATŌN WOMEN -- 51: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY CHILD -- 52: ABOUT A MAN NAMED JEMERKINENE -- 53: A STORY OF TWO MEN IN RATAK, ON WŌJJĀ ATOLL, ISLAND OF MĀJJEN -- 54: STORY ABOUT A YOUNG MĀJEEJ GIRL -- 55: THE GIRLS FROM EP -- 56: LIJIBOKRA -- 57: STORY ABOUT LŌRRO -- 58: TWO JĀLOOJ WOMEN (LŌRRO) -- 59: A LŌRRO STORY FROM ARNO ATOLL -- 60: A LŌRRO STORY FROM ĀNEWETAK ATOLL -- OTHER STORIES -- 61: ABOUT A WOMAN ON UJAE NAMED LIBWINER -- 62: THE STORY OF LANINLUR -- 63: ABOUT A CHIEF ON EPATŌN, KUWAJLEEN -- 64: STORY ABOUT TWO YOUNG MEN AT WŌJA, AELŌNLAPLAP -- 65: STORY ABOUT A BOY NAMED DEELELPO JĀPO -- 66: STORY ABOUT NOONIEP -- 67: NOONIEP STORIES FROM ĀNEWETAK ATOLL -- 68: STORIES ABOUT ETAO -- 69: MAUI ON MĀJEEJ, AND WŌNENAK STORIES -- 70: MAUI ON MĀJEEJ -- 71: THE CHANT OF MILE: FISHING UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA -- 72: ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WAS ON RONDIK -- HISTORICAL EVENTS -- 73: THE BIG TYPHOON THAT DEVASTATED THE MARSHALL ISLANDS -- 74: EPOON HISTORY: THE VOYAGE TO BANEP (OCEAN ISLAND) -- 75: THE WAR BETWEEN THE RI-MWEJOOR AND THE LAJJIDIK AND RAARNO -- 76: BWEBWENATO IN ARNO: ARNO HISTORY -- 77: RĀLIK HISTORY: ABOUT THE CHIEFS -- 78: RĀLIK HISTORY: THE WAR ON EPOON -- 79: THE CONQUEST OF PIKINNI ATOLL BY LAARKELAN -- 80: EARLY HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF WŪJLAN ATOLL -- 81: ĀNEWETAK ATOLL HISTORY: WARFARE WITH INVADERS -- 82: STORY ABOUT KIDU IN LQJET (DOG OF THE SEA) -- 83: THE WAR BETWEEN LAUNA AND THE WOLEAI PEOPLE -- 84: STORY ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN THE MARSHALLESE PEOPLE AND THE WOLEAI PEOPLE -- 85: STORY ABOUT KABUA WHEN HE DRIFTED TO MAKIL -- 86: STORY ABOUT AN AMERICAN SHIP -- 87: STORY ABOUT AN AMERICAN SHIP: FURTHER EXPLANATION -- 88: THE PEOPLE OF MĀJEEJ AND THE GERMAN TRADER -- 89: STORY ABOUT THE MĀJEEJ IROOJ -- 90: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH ON Ā NEWETAK ATOLL AND ON WŪJLAN ATOLL -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: BIOGRAPHIES OF STORYTELLERS -- APPENDIX B: MOTIFS OF THE STORIES -- APPENDIX C: WEATHER FORECASTING AND NAVIGATION -- APPENDIX D: A NOTE ON CANOE BUILDING IN THE OLDEN DAYS -- APPENDIX E: THE OLD MARSHALLESE METHOD OF COUNTING -- REFERENCES -- INDEX