Cherri-chou-lang

The little angle from heaven. One of the lesser divinities who stole the kava plant (chakau) from the isle of Koto (Kusaie, or Strong's Island). A piece of the root dropped down from the feast of the gods in the clouds, and thus the kava plant came to Pohnpei.

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A euphoric beverage is made from the roots of the kava plant.

References

Source

  • Christian, F. W. (1899). Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 382.