Sowukachau the Reef Spirit: Oceanian Legend from Micronesia’s Yap Islands
In the scattered coral atolls of Yap’s Outer Islands, where the boundary between sea and sky dissolves into shimmering heat waves and the reef stretches like a living cathedral beneath crystal waters, there dwells a spirit whose presence is felt most strongly when the tide withdraws to reveal the ocean’s hidden treasures. Her name is Sowukachau, and she is the
