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Tokosik Legend

Sepia-toned parchment illustration of Tokosik, the ancestral flying fox of Vanuatu, soaring above a group of island villagers seated in a clearing. His wings are fully outstretched, and his eyes glow with wisdom as twilight paints the sky in orange and purple. Volcanic peaks rise in the background, and a constellation shaped like a flying fox glows in the starry sky above. The villagers listen attentively among mounded gardens, and 'OldFolktales.com' is inscribed at the bottom right, symbolizing Tokosik’s transformation from earthly guide to celestial guardian.

Tokosik: The Flying Fox Legend

In the scattered jewels of the Torres and Banks Islands, where volcanic peaks rise from sapphire waters and the night sky blazes with stars undimmed by any earthly light, there once lived a being who walked between worlds. His name was Tokosik, and though he appeared in the form of a flying fox those magnificent fruit bats with wingspans wide
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