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14 de nov. de 2019 · Love how it has the stories is English and Chamorro. There were legends I was hoping were in it, but weren’t. And legends I wasn’t too familiar with. The legends were more in detail than I remembered. I was hoping for a simpler version like the one they used in schools growing up. However the book is beautifully put together.
- Teresita Lourdes Perez
28 de nov. de 2023 · With her power, she made the sun shine and the earth blossom. After she completed her task of bringing new life to Puntan’s body parts, Fu’una decided to create life out of her body, as she had her brother’s. She threw her body into the earth and created Fouha Rock, sometimes called Creation Point. Out of Fouha Rock, the first human ...
17 de may. de 2024 · Chamorro, indigenous people of Guam. The ancestors of the Chamorro are thought to have come to the Mariana Islands from insular Southeast Asia ( Indonesia and the Philippines) about 1600 bce. It is estimated that in the early 17th century there were between 50,000 and 100,000 Chamorro in the Marianas, but the disease and violence wrought by the ...
10 de nov. de 2017 · Chamorro Legends on the Island of Guam, Mavis Warner van Peenen, 2008. In 1945 Mavis Warner Van Peenen, an American who was living in Guam while her naval officer husband was stationed there, took it upon herself to preserve what she saw as the fast-disappearing culture and folklore of the native Chamorro people.
But its meat is also valued as a delicacy. 11. Manahak. Manahak are merman sea creatures in Guam legends. They resemble half-human, half-fish beings. They are associated with tide changes, ocean currents, and fish harvest. 10. Duendes. In Guam folklore, Duendes are dwarf, gnome or goblin-like creatures of the night.
Chamorro turned inward and laughed at a fledgling colonial presence (Van Peenen 1974, v). Van Peenen's noble interest in the fate of what she labeled Chamorro "social independence" had less to do with sovereignty than with collecting and preserving what she called the quaint and charming, indeed, primi tive, folklore of the Chamorros. She wrote:
Chamorro, Chamoru, culture, folklore, poems, riddles, Hinenggen I Chamorro Gi Antes Na Tiempo, Put Gef Maolek Ma'Estra-Ku, Tohge Ya Un Makuenta, Adibina, language Description A collection of poems, riddles, and idioms written in Chamorro.
