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| TITLE: |
Ponape : where American colonialism confronts black magic, five kingdoms and the mysterious ruins of Nan-Madol / compiled and edited by Sibley S. Morrill. |
| AUTHOR: |
Morrill, Sibley S. comp. |
| PUBLISHED: |
San Francisco, CA : Cadleon Press, c1970. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
252 [253] p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Bibliography: p. [253] |
| NOTES: |
Modern Pohnpean magic. American colonialism versus king and nobles. Ponapean medicine in the 20th century. Nan Madol--survival of a sunken civilization? By S. S. Morrill. --An Irishman was the first to write about Ponape, by J. F. O'Connell. --Ponape ruins as seen in the 1850's, by L. H. Gulick. --Ponape and the Ponapeans under Spain. Ponapean superstitions and character. First visits to the ruins of Nan-Matal. Third visit to the ruins. Cemetery of the little people. Dress and industries of the Ponapeans. Ponapean feasts and kava-making. Last visit to Nan-Matal. The cult of the old gods dies very hard. By F. W. Christian. --Appendix (p. 196-252): Christian's findings on Ponapean clan names, diseases, trees, plants and shrubs; fishes, insects, birds, reptiles, animals; imitative sounds; Ponapean gods; varities of breadfruit; days of the moon's age; Ponapean star names. |
| SUBJECT: |
Pohnpei Island (Micronesia) |
| SUBJECT: |
Nan Madol (Pohnpei, Micronesia) |
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