Kafeŕoor

Kafeŕoor is a "mythical vanishing island"^[1] location in Pacific and Polynesian mythology, recorded in the traditional celestial navigation techniques of the Caroline Islands. Part of the Trigger fishes tied together mnemonic-navigational system, it is sometimes grouped with Fanuankuwel as a 'ghost island'.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 Emily Lyle. "Ten Gods: A New Approach to Defining the Mythological Structures of the Indo-Europeans (sample excerpt)". Retrieved 8 January 2015. Kafeŕoor is a mythical vanishing island, Nalikáp and Nókitikiit are big waves, Máŕipeŕip (which means “small pieces”) is a very large, destructive whale, and Fanuankuwel is the place of a whale with two tails.
↑ Saul H. Riesenberg (1972). "The organisation of navigational knowledge on Puluwat". Journal of the Polynesian Society, Auckland University. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
↑ Michael J. Gunn (1980). "Etak and the Ghost Islands of the Carolines". Journal of the Polynesian Society, University of Otago. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

Polynesian mythology

Mythology by region	Cook Islands mythology Mangaian mythology Hawaiian mythology Mangarevan mythology Māori mythology Marquesan mythology Moriori mythology Rapa Nui mythology Samoan mythology Tahiti and Society Islands mythology Tikopian mythology Tongan mythology Tuamotu mythology

Polynesia

Polynesian triangle	Austral Islands Cook Islands Easter Island Gambier Islands Hawaiian Islands Marquesas New Zealand Niue Pitcairn Islands Rotuma Sala y Gómez Samoan Islands Society Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuamotus Tuvalu Wallis and Futuna Islands

Polynesian outliers	Aniwa Anuta Emae Futuna Kapingamarangi Loyalty Islands Mele Nuguria Nukumanu Nukuoro Ontong Java Ouvéa Pileni Rennell Sikaiana Takuu Tikopia

Polynesian-influenced	Lau Islands

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