Bwebwenato Jen Eto  
 Marshallese Legends 

[Please visit the national treasure known as the Story Project http://mistories.org/index.php]

 These Marshallese legends are from "Legends of Micronesia" by    Eve Grey, published by the High Commissioner, TTPI, Saipan, 1951.
                 Photos-Images from the Kramer Archive;  Go here:            
                            http://www.mistories.org/kramer-3.php                     
                              [The links below will open a PDF file]                      

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Liktanur and origin of outrigger sail
                           (pdf file)

Etao & Bro Jemeliwut legend
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First coconut - Ailinglaplap legend
                       (pdf file)      
 

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Debolar-Lokam Ailinglaplap legend
                       (pdf file)

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Lijakkwe "The Beautiful" legend
                        (pdf file)

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Etao & Bro Ben legend
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Whale & sandpiper legend
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Ailinglaplap legend
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These links open in a PDF file

Etao and Kone-wood canoe legend

Etao and sea demon legend

Etao and sea tortoise legend

Etao invents fire legend

Aao legend

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Go here for a link to more traditional Marshallese Folk Legends from the Marshall Islands Story Project:  http://www.mistories.org/tales.php

And go here for Marshallese life stories, also from the Marshall Islands Story Project:  http://www.mistories.org/life.php

Dennis O'Rourke-NPR-1986-"Half Life" - Unknown Artist
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Listen to this 6-minute 1986 NPR interview with filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke  
about the MANY questions surrounding the "accidental" wind shift during      the 1954 "Bravo" H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll in his 1985 film "Half Life"