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Fanuankuwel is a "place of a whale with two tails"[1] location in Pacific and Polynesian mythology, recorded in the traditional celestial navigation techniques of the Caroline Islands. Part of the Trigger fishes tied together mnemonic-navigational system, it is sometimes grouped with Kafeŕoor as a 'ghost island'.[2][1]
See also
- Celestial navigation
- Kafeŕoor
- Polynesian mythology
- Polynesian navigation
- Micronesian navigation
- Wa (watercraft)
References
- ^ a b Emily Lyle. "Ten Gods: A New Approach to Defining the Mythological Structures of the Indo-Europeans (sample excerpt)". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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