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The Papuan people are Melanesian people composed of at least 240 different peoples, each with its own language and culture. Sago is the staple food of the Papuan supplemented with hunting, fishing and small gardens. Papuans may be related to the Iatmul on the Sepik River and to the Asmat and Marind-anim farther west along the coast.
Papuan mythology; A. Afek (mythology) B. Baloma; K. Kaluli creation myth; N. Nu and the Hua People This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 20:25 (UTC). Text ...
Melanesian mythology refers to the folklore, myths, and religions of Melanesia, a region in Southwest Oceania that encompasses the archipelagos of New Guinea (including Indonesian New Guinea and Papua New Guinea), the Torres Strait Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji.
The Kaluli creation myth is a traditional creation myth of the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea.In the version as was recorded by anthropologist and ethnographer Edward L. Shieffelin whose first contact with them took place in the late 1960s.
Pages in category "Papua New Guinean deities" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... This page was last edited on 8 September 2019, at 03:29 ...
Afekan is the goddess of creation and knowledge in the Tifalmin mythology of Papua New Guinea. Afekan lived with men in the beginning to teach them "how to live in strength and dignity", along with the secrets and rituals of men. She also created taro, pigs, and various cultural things. [1] She has a brother, Umoim, who became the first man to ...
Gope is a term for a spiritually charged carved board made to represent an ancestral hero in the Papuan Gulf of Papua New Guinea. [1] Papuan Gulf people of Kikori, Baimaru, Uruma, Hohao, and Orokolo [2] refer to these sculptured boards as Kwoi. The sculptures are often made from the sides of an old canoe. [3]
Afek is a mythic heroine in the religion of the Min peoples living in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. [1]Humans were believed created in a multiple birth of the cultural heroine Afek, emerging immediately after the first dog.