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Te Bo ma te Maki

In short: Read the opening of a Kiribati creation account and how it reached the page.

Te Bo ma te Maki · The first being in the darkness FAIRY TALE ATLAS · № 146 Te Bo ma te Maki Read the opening of a Kiribati creation account and how it reached the page. Origin A creation account recorded in the Gilbert Islands of present-day Kiribati. Atlas record 1922 First appearance Exact date unknown SIGNATURE MOTIF The first being in the darkness Reach¹ 1/10 Suggested age² 8+ Member rating No votes yet 1 records · 1 countries or regions blackhorsestories.com

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Origin and tradition

A creation account recorded in the Gilbert Islands of present-day Kiribati.

The account imagines a beginning with only one being in the darkness. Arthur Grimble says an elder told the story and his grandson wrote down his words. Behind the English text published in 1922 stand a teller, a scribe and a translator.

Dated records and sources

  1. 1922 · Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
    Arthur Grimble · Myths from the Gilbert Islands · Folklore 33 · Published collection

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