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Areop-Enap
- #0234
Pacific (culture)
Celestial (attribute)
Friendly (behaviour)
An ancient creation spider that created the Earth and Heavens. It did this by opening up mollusc shells with an aid of a worm and two snails. The two snails became the sun and the moon. The worm Rigi did most the hard work and his sweat became the salt of the sea. It is worshiped by the Nauru people of the South Pacific.
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