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Oceanic Mythology: Part IV. Micronesia: Chapter III. Summary

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THE Micronesian myth material, as here outlined, clearly reveals its relationships to Indonesia on the one hand, and to Polynesia on the other. In the lack of detailed legends of creation Micronesia seems to agree with what has been denominated as the Indonesian as opposed to the Malayan myth type in Indonesia. In other particulars its similarities are with the general Indonesian material, which, as has been pointed out, is at present difficult to separate into its constituents, although the…

Oceanic Mythology: Part IV. Micronesia: Chapter III. Summary

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