history of Pohnpei island

Legend of Pohnpei

 Long long time ago, there was a man named Sapwkini who lived on an island of Kosrae called Kataupeidak. One day Sapwkini decided to look for other island beyond the reef. he created a large canoe that can carried hundreds of men. They sailed across the see and finally met a talking Octopus called Litakiki. Sapwkini then ask this octopus if  he can lend them land so that they can settle in. Litakiki showed them a beautiful reef called Dierensapw. on this reef, sapwkini and his men stop by and start to built their alter in order for to worship for their Gods. The waves were too large in which it destroyed their works. They plant mangrove trees around their alter but still the wave always crash on it and destroyed it. they planned to build a barrier reef around their working place. The barrier reef had helped their work and protect their alter from the waves. They completed their work in which they build their alter and they left. There were two people came and stop by the alter. Their names were Liaromenpwel and lisoaromenpwel. These two are the one who brought soil on the alter and then the alter became an island, so because it is an alter and alter means Pehi on the heritage language. so the name the island Pohnpei. means upon the alter. People of Pohnpei believe that their island is a holy place because it is an alter before.

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