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November 2025 - Page 4

Illustration of the glowing golden spirit beings known as the Yellow Men dance across the sand near dark volcanic rocks etched with radiant sun-patterns.

The Yellow Men of Ihili

November 6, 2025
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In the days when the ancestors still walked close to the spirit world, when the boundary between the seen and unseen was thin as morning mist, the people of Aneityum Island lived in harmony with the rhythms of the sea and land. They knew the patterns of the tides, the
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Illustration of an elderly Melanesian man planting the first yam vine: The man kneels on rich, reddish-brown soil in a lush tropical landscape, gently pressing a leafy green vine into the earth. His weathered skin and gray-streaked hair reflect age and wisdom.

The Old Man and the Yam

November 6, 2025
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In the time before memory, when the world was still finding its shape and purpose, there was no food upon the earth. The land stretched vast and empty, covered in wild grasses and towering trees, but offering nothing that could fill an empty belly or give strength to weary limbs.
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A parchment-style illustration of the Banks Islands legend “The Tale of the Talamaur,” showing a crouching man binding himself to a ghostly spirit rising above two sleeping villagers, rendered in earthy reds and browns against a coastal backdrop.

Talamaur, The Spirit Master

November 6, 2025
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In the old days, before the missionaries came with their bells and their books, before the world changed and the ancient ways began to fade like footprints washed away by the tide, certain people in the Banks Islands possessed a power both terrible and forbidden. These were not ordinary men
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ChatGPT said: A parchment-style illustration of the Vanuatu legend “Qasavara the Giant,” showing Qat drumming on the red earth as a towering giant with shark-like teeth reaches for fleeing men climbing a bending casuarina tree that bridges to another island beneath an orange sky and blue sea.

Qasavara the Giant

November 6, 2025
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The sea was calm that day, stretching endlessly in all directions like a great blue blanket beneath the tropical sun. Qat, the Great Maker, stood at the prow of the canoe with his twelve brothers behind him, all named Tagaro. The wind filled their woven sail, and spray misted their
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In the Dreamtime, when animals still spoke the first language, the land woke to find no water anywhere. Rivers were empty, the
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