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Min Min Light: Australia’s Outback Ghost Light

The Min Min light is a glowing, hovering light that people in outback Australia say follows travellers across empty coun...
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Kakamora: Little People of the Solomon Islands

The Kakamora are small, human-like beings from the folklore of the Solomon Islands, said to live in caves and remote for...
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The Veli: Fiji’s Hairy Little People of the Forest

Fijian villagers still leave a plate of food at the treeline when someone new arrives, and old hunters still refuse to w...
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Larnach Castle: The Real Tragedy Behind New Zealand’s Only Haunted Castle

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Areop-Enap: The Spider Who Wove Nauru’s World Awake

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Ambat: The Malekula Culture Hero Who Defied an Ogress

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Te Pusi mo te Ali: Tuvalu’s Eel and Flounder Creation Myth

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Adaro: The Shark-Spirit of Solomon Islands Folklore

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Nareau: The Spider God Who Made Kiribati’s World

This article is part of World Urban Legend's ongoing survey of creation myths and trickster deities across Oceania. Some...
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Masalai: The Place-Bound Spirits of Papua New Guinea

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