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Adaro spirit rising from sunlit ocean waters near a canoe in Solomon Islands folklore.

Adaro: The Spear Throwing Sea Spirits of the Solomon Islands

The people of the Solomon Islands have always lived close to the sea. It fed them, carried their canoes from one island to another, and gave them the rhythm by which their days were measured. The elders taught that the ocean was alive with spirits both kind and fierce, and none were more feared than the Adaro, the half human
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