Puntan

A pre-existent god. The world was created from various parts of his dead body: his breast and back became the sky and the earth; his eyes became the sun and the moon; and his eyebrows formed the rainbow.

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References

Sources

  • Beardsley, Charles. (1964). Guam Past and Present. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, p. 93.
  • Pettazonni, Raffaele. (1956). The All-Knowing God, trans. H. J. Rose. London: Methuen, p. 7.
  • Poignant, Roslyn. (1967). Oceanic Mythology. London: Hamlyn, p. 71.