Nauru · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
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Nauru
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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On Nauru, Eigigu’s name reaches beyond the night sky. A 2023 government bulletin records that a cooperative shop took its name from the legend of Eigigu on the Moon.
Tales in the Atlas
Eigigu’s Climb to the Moon
2023 · Republic of Nauru · Nauru Bulletin 09 · attestation of the Eigigu legend
Tales found across countries
No tales linked to multiple countries are listed for this country yet.