Hawaiki and Sanasai, mythical Austronesian home islands

Thank you for the sources. I have collected over 100 Formosan Aboriginal flood myths and I always careful about citing my sources.

I’m still looking for English translations of flood myths for the Hla’alua Tribe, Sakizaya Tribe and Seediq Tribe (all Formosan tribes).

Also, do you know the defining difference between Atayal and Seediq Flood myths? The best I have found so far is in Ralph Covell’s “Pentecost of the Hills in Taiwan” (p. 45) which vaguely suggests that the “coming out from the manure” myth may uniquely Seediq (as opposed to Atayal - which Covell transliterates as “Tayal”)

Thanks!

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