Chamorro Culture
Folktale: Chaife’s Lost Soul
God of the underworld. Chaife was the god of the underworld, according to one Guam legend.
Chamorro Culture
Folktale: Puntan Dos Amantes
The story of the two lovers who tied their hair together and leapt to their death on Guam was first recorded by French researcher Louis
Ancient Guam Era
Kantan Chamorita
Kantan Chamorita is the contemporary name given to traditional call-and-response, impromptu verse-making. Practitioners refer to the genre as ayotte’, meaning to throw (verses) back and
Ancient Guam Era
Folktale: Puntan and Fu’una: Gods of Creation
Puntan and Fu’una are the Chamorro/CHamoru creation gods. Puntan, a male, and Fu’una, a female, are brother and sister. The account of their creation of
Chamorro Culture
Folktale: Sirena
The mythological maiden, Sirena, in the ‘I Tetehnan’ manuscript is considered a proverb, and not a legend.
Ancient Guam Era
Fouha Bay: Cradle of Creation
Fouha Bay, located just north of Humåtak on Guam’s southern west coast at the mouth of Fua River, holds thousands of years of meaningful history.