Micronesia · Folktales and oral traditions
Dashed lines show parallels. Direction is shown where a source documents the transfer.
The map stays centred on the selected country. You can zoom or open a tale’s records. Pins show written records, editions and places associated with the tales. Locations are approximate. Natural Earth
Micronesia
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 2
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
In Yap State, the fishing up of Fais connects an island to people on another island and to a single hook. A printed account and a digitized radio recording preserve traces of the story in different media.
Tales in the Atlas
Fishing Up Fais Island
1896 · Friedrich Ratzel · The History of Mankind · vol. 1, p. 312
2020 · V6AI Radio · Story of How Fais Island Formed, Yap · Digital Pasifik display date
Tales found across countries
No tales linked to multiple countries are listed for this country yet.