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Folktale The Young Maidens That Saved Guam
Ancient Guam Era, Chamorro Culture, Chamorro Folktales, Historic Eras of Guam, Our Heritage

Folktale: The Young Maidens

Ã…ntes na tiempo (a long time ago), the ancestors of the modern day CHamorus came to the Marianas, a mighty race of people. They were called taotaomo’na which means “the people of before.” It is said that the taotaomo’na were giants, very clever and wise, and that they possessed magical powers.

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Folktale Alu and Pang
Ancient Guam Era, Chamorro Culture, Chamorro Folktales, Historic Eras of Guam, Our Heritage

Folktale: Alu and Pang

In ancient times the people of the Mariana Islands lived in villages ruled by a maga’låhi or maga’håga (chief or high-ranking son or daughter), who made all the rules and decisions for his or her people. In the area of Guahan now known as Tamuning, there lived a great maga’låhi whose name was Alu. People say he had supernatural strength. If he wanted a drink, he could shake a niyok (coconut) tree and the juice-filled, young, green coconuts would fall to the ground.

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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 the world constitutes one of the most important oral histories of the CHamoru people.

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