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Sepik River crocodile legend

Sepia-toned parchment illustration of a giant crocodile lying on a riverbank as the first man emerges from its body, depicting the Sepik River creation myth from Papua New Guinea.

The Crocodile Father

In the beginning, before the first human footprint marked the earth, the world was a place of water and wilderness. The great Sepik River wound through the northern territories of Papua New Guinea like a living serpent, its dark waters flowing endlessly between walls of impenetrable jungle. Massive trees rose from the swampy banks, their roots tangled in the mud,

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Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog

In the Dreamtime, when animals still spoke the first language, the land woke to find no water anywhere. Rivers were empty, the
1 A sepia parchment-style illustration of the Fijian chief’s daughter fleeing barefoot through a mist-covered cloud forest on Taveuni Island, her torn wedding garments trailing behind her as she escapes an arranged marriage, symbolizing the sorrow that would give rise to the sacred Tagimoucia flower.

The Tagimoucia Flower

High on the mist-shrouded slopes of Taveuni, Fiji’s Garden Island, where cloud forests cling to volcanic peaks and crystalline lakes reflect the
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