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The Great Flood
Austronesian MythologyApril 13, 2017February 28, 2020

The Great Flood

From the Holy Bible to Taiwan’s indigenous Formosan tales, flood myths feature widely in ancient literature.

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Matriarch
Austronesian History TraditionMarch 2, 2017March 10, 2021

Matriarch

In the ancient homeland of the Amis and Puyuma peoples on Taiwan’s Pacific coast, women once ruled. Learn about these traditional matriarchal societies!

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