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403: 350: 34:. The first class is that of ghosts, which may enter an animal, tree, or stone, or remain in the village where they had lived. With the proper entreaties, these ghosts can be commanded to kill or maim living people at a distance. The other class is of elemental spirit who play a part in many creation stories around the island. 73:(ghosts) most often enter into sharks or other marine animals. These animals take on human understanding and are able to help their living relatives. Shark-adaro will grab a victim from their canoe, and drag them, still alive, to the adaro's relatives, while a snake-adaro may coil in a victim's hut, taking their 83:(spirits) inhabit many of the elemental forces in and around the island of Makira. One may talk of the adaro of the sea, and adaro of the rainbow, among others. These adaro play a part in the creation stories of various 50:; it has several meanings, including 'corpse; ghost; soul; spirit'. The Makira conceive of two souls within all people, a malignant soul -- the adaro -- and a benevolent soul -- the 387: 88: 478: 473: 444: 204: 463: 493: 380: 498: 437: 95:
go upon death. The Rotomana exists in different places for different people of the island of Makira. The
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are the Rotomana for many of those living on the north shore of Makira, while islands in the
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is a term for two distinct classes of beings found in the mythology of
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are considered the Rotomana for those living on the western coast.
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Index

Adaro (disambiguation)
Makira island
Solomon Islands
Arosi language
matrilineages
Rotomana
Olu Malau Islands
Marau Sound
Fox & Drew (1915)


Scott (2016)
Fox (1978)
Ivens (1934)


Fox & Drew (1915)
Fox, Charles E.
Arosi Dictionary
ISBN
978-0-85883-170-4
Fox, Charles E.
"Beliefs and Tales of San Cristoval"
doi
10.2307/2843476
JSTOR
2843476
"To be Makiran is to see like Mr Parrot: the anthropology of wonder in Solomon Islands"
doi
10.1111/1467-9655.12442

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