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October 2025

The Stars over Dauan Island

October 17, 2025
Long ago, before fishermen used stars to steer, the sky was a dark canvas without pattern. The people of Dauan Island fished by memory, and sometimes by luck, but the sea was treacherous — it swallowed canoes without warning. Among the people lived a wise woman named Eperi, who knew
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Gelam the Flying Boy

October 17, 2025
Before the first sails touched the Torres Strait and before men carved outrigger canoes, there was a boy named Gelam who lived on the island of Moa. He was a skilled hunter even as a child, strong with the spear and sharp with his eyes. But his mother’s heart was
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Māui and the Sacred Jawbone

October 17, 2025
When the world was young and the sea still hid its treasures, the demigod Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga was the smallest of his brothers but the boldest in heart. His older brothers were great fishermen, bringing back shimmering tuna and snapper each day, but they mocked Māui as too small to hold an
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The Tears of Rangi and Papa

October 17, 2025
Before mountains rose and winds wandered, there was only Rangi, the Sky Father, and Papa, the Earth Mother, locked in a warm, eternal embrace. Between them was darkness, and their children lived crushed in that shadow, longing for light. The children whispered among themselves. “Let us separate our parents,” said
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Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog

October 17, 2025
In the Dreamtime, when animals still spoke the first language, the land woke to find no water anywhere. Rivers were empty, the billabongs cracked, and the air was filled with the cries of thirsty creatures. At first, no one knew why. Then a lizard climbing a rock saw a strange
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The Rainbow Serpent’s Promise

October 17, 2025
In the Dreamtime, when the land was flat and silent, there were no rivers, no trees, no people—only red dust and sleeping spirits beneath the crust of the Earth. Then one morning, a deep stirring began under the ground, a slow breath that rolled through stone and sand. From that
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How the Sea Learned to Rest

October 17, 2025
Before time knew days and nights, the sea never slept. Waves climbed over mountains and devoured whole villages. Storms spun without end, and even the moon hid behind clouds to escape the roar. The people of Kiribati lived on tiny islands that floated like beads on a necklace, and every
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The Sailor Who Followed the Whale Road

October 17, 2025
In the old days of Palau, before compasses or radios, men learned the sea the way others learned prayer—by repetition, reverence, and risk. Among these men was Rahu, a young sailor who could read the waves better than most could read the wind. He knew the paths of the fish,
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The Fire of the Crocodile Spirit

October 17, 2025
Long before the coasts of Papua New Guinea knew the sound of steel or the glow of lamps, the people of the Sepik River cooked with nothing but the sun’s patience. They ate their food raw, shivered through the rain, and watched lightning strike far off in the jungle. “Fire
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The Talking Drum of Oro Province

October 17, 2025
In the rainforests of Oro Province, the drum is more than music—it’s memory. Every clan has its rhythm, every tree its spirit, and every echo a story. Long ago, when the forest stretched unbroken from mountain to sea, the people spoke to one another by drumbeat. Before the first roads
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