User:Annaaguo/Chamorro people
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Folklore[edit]
The Chamorro creation story revolves around two celestial siblings named Puntan and Fu'una. In time, this creation story underwent a series of modifications due to the complications in passing the story along from generation to generation. In this Chamorro creation story, Puntan and Fu'una create the world with their body parts and souls. Puntan’s various body parts were turned into the land, his chest into the sky, his eyebrows into rainbows, and his eyes into the sun and moon. Fu’una having the ability to give life, brought the sun, soil, and waters to life, and with a final transformation, she turned into stone and gave birth to the Chamorro people. Evidence supporting this creation story can be seen through the names of the villages on Guam as they are named after body parts. Barrigada translates to flank, Tiyan translates to stomach, Hagatna translates to blood and Mongmong translates to a heartbeat. [1]
Taotaomona essentially translates to “people of early times,” referring to the ancestors of the Chamorro peoples. The Taotaomona is a supernatural ancestral spirit that Guamanians and some neighboring islanders from Rota and Saipan believe in. The Taotaomona possess a strength that far exceeds man and has the ability to cause sickness and death to those who offend them. The appearance of a Taotaomona can vary as they can be a female or male and can take an attractive form or a monstrous form.[2]
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The creation story of the Chamorro peoples began with the two celestial siblings as they sacrificed their lives to birth the world and the people. The Taotaomona is a supernatural spirit that the Chamorro people believe in.
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The Creation Story
The Taotaomona
- ^ a b Perez, Craig Santos (2020-04-01). "The Chamorro Creation Story, Guam Land Struggles, and Contemporary Poetry". English Language Notes. 58 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1215/00138282-8237377. ISSN 0013-8282.
- ^ a b Soker, Donald (1972). "The Taotaomona Stories of Guam". Western Folklore. 31 (3): 153–167. doi:10.2307/1499278. ISSN 0043-373X.