Areop-Enap

Also known as Areop‐Enap, Ancient Spider

Areop-Enap () played a major part in the creation of the world in the indigenous myths of the people of Nauru.

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Areop-Enap () played a major part in the creation of the world in the indigenous myths of the people of Nauru.

==Creation myth== At the beginning of creation, the only things in existence were Areop-Enap (a spider) and the sea. Areop-Enap searched for food in the darkness and found an enormous clam (in some accounts a Tridacna clam). Before he could stun it, the clam swallowed him and snapped shut again. In the darkness, Areop-Enap explored the clam's insides, and found a tiny snail (or in some accounts, a Triton's Horn shellfish).

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