Fanuankuwel
Fanuankuwelis a "place of a whale with two tails"[1]location inPacificandPolynesian mythology,recorded in the traditionalcelestial navigationtechniques of theCaroline Islands.Part of theTrigger fishes tied togethermnemonic-navigational system, it is sometimes grouped withKafeŕooras a 'ghost island'.[2][1]
See also
[edit]- Celestial navigation
- Kafeŕoor
- Polynesian mythology
- Polynesian navigation
- Micronesian navigation
- Wa (watercraft)
References
[edit]- ^abEmily Lyle."Ten Gods: A New Approach to Defining the Mythological Structures of the Indo-Europeans (sample excerpt)".Archived fromthe originalon 9 January 2015.Retrieved8 September2020.
Kafeŕoor is a mythical vanishing island, Nalikáp and Nókitikiit are big waves, Máŕipeŕip (which means "small pieces" ) is a very large, destructive whale, and Fanuankuwel is the place of a whale with two tails.
- ^Saul H. Riesenberg (1972)."The organisation of navigational knowledge on Puluwat".Journal of the Polynesian Society,Auckland University.Retrieved8 September2020.
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