Marapou

On Yap, the deity who sends the wind and rain, and is responsible for storms at sea. Also mentioned as a sun god.

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References

Sources

  • Christian, F. W. (1899). Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 385.
  • Furness, William Henry. (1910). The Island of Stone Money: Yap of the Carolinas. Philadelphia: Lippincott, p. 150.