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About this book
CHamoru Legends retells twelve CHamoru legends and features personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations of each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera. The book includes CHamoru classics like the story of the siblings who created the universe; the two lovers who were pushed to the edge of a cliff because their union was forbidden; and the tale of the son who leapt an island away to escape his jealous father.
CHamoru Legends is the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal recipient for Best Regional Fiction for Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim.
It is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other. Through multiple layers of interpretation, the book weaves together strips of wisdom and cultural lessons like the leaves used to shape the CHamoru guåfak, or mat, upon which the earliest CHamoru storytellers sat sharing their versions of these timeless tales.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Images
- Editor’s Note
- Foreword
- A Story of Storytellers: Reflection 1
- A Story of Siblings: Pontan and Fo'na
- A Story of A Father and a Son: The Boy Who Escaped to Rota
- A Story of Love and Obligation: The Two Lovers
- A Story of A Mother, A Daughter and a Nina: Sirena
- A Story of Love and Misunderstanding: The Flame Tree
- A Story of Love and Coconuts: Reflection 2
- A Story of An Elder and a Legacy: The Coconut Tree
- A Story of Love and Survival: The Lemmai Tree
- A Story of Friendship: The Cow and the Carabao
- A Story of Vanity: The Ko’Ko’ and the Hilitai
- A Story of Manipulation: Okkodo
- A Story of A Clever Man: Juan MÃ¥la
- A Story of A Mystery: The Scented Woman
- A Story of Stories That Live On: Reflection 3
- Acknowledgements
- Works Consulted
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Fañodda’an
- Listan Litråtu
- Nota Ginen I I’Ilao
- Ya-Mo’ Nana Na Deskotasion
- Un Estoria Put I Mani’estoria Siha: Hinasso 1
- Un Estoria Put Dos Chume’lu: Si Pontan Yan Si Fo’na
- Un Estoria Put Un Tåta Yan I Lahi-Ña: I Lahi Ni’ Umeskapa Asta Luta
- Un Estoria Put Guinaiya Yan Opblegasion: I Dos Umaguaiya
- Un Estoria Put Un NÃ¥na, Un HÃ¥ga, Yan Un Matlina: Si Sirena
- Un Estoria Put Guinaiya Yan Linachen Kinemprende: I Trongkon åtbot
- Un Estoria Put Guinaiya Yan Niyok: Hinasso 2
- Un Estoria Put Un Saina Yan Un Irensia: I Trongkon Niyok
- Un Estoria Put Un Guinaiya Yan Lu Må’la’: I Trongkon Lemmai
- Un Estoria Put Inafa’maolek: I Guaka Yan I Karabao
- Un Estoria Put Banidå: I Ke’Ko’ Yan I Hilitai
- Un Estoria Put Fina’Baba: Si Okkodo
- Un Estoria Put Un Tomtom Pikaru: Si Juan MÃ¥la
- Un Estoria Put Un Engkantåo: I Paopapao Na Palao’an
- Un Estoria Put Estoria Siha Ni’ Sisigi Ha’ Manmasånganñaihon: Hinasso 3
- Rinikognisa Siha
- Kinonsuttan I Che’Cho’