About this belief system
Nauruan culture refers to the spiritual beliefs and customs of the indigenous Nauru people of an island in Micronesia.
Top myths
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| Areop-Enap, Two Snails, and the Worm | |
| Creation myth | |
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Top deities
Nauruan myths: A-Z
- Areop-Enap, Two Snails, and the Worm Creation myth
Nuthsell
The supreme deity, Areop-Enap, lived in a mussel shell when the world was just water. It was dark in his shell and two Snails lived with him: a big one and a small one. With the big one, the sun was created; with the small one, the moon was created. With the help of a Worm, the mussel shell was broken into the sky and earth, with the worm's sweat becoming the sea as we have it today.
Nauruan deities: A-Z
- Areop-Enap Nauruan · 1 myth
Areop-Enap was the supreme deity responsible for creation according to the spiritual beliefs of the Nauru people in Micronesia.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Nauruan." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/729. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
OMNIKA (2020, June 25). Nauruan. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/729
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Nauruan." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 25, 2020. Accessed March 4, 2026. https://omnika.org/stable/729.
