A book by Roland B. Dixon records a creation myth from this region in which the cosmic spider Areop-Enap squeezes into a mussel shell and creates the world with help from a profusely sweating worm. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this cultural region home to the sky god Luk and his son Olofat, a trickster figure who upsets children by giving spines to the previously-harmless scorpionfish while visiting the heavens.
ANSWER: Micronesia [accept Nauru; accept Caroline Islands or Gilbert Islands; accept Mariana Islands; accept Federated States of Micronesia; accept Pelew Islands; accept Yap; prompt on the Pacific Ocean; prompt on Oceania]
[10e] Olofat’s dual role as hero and trickster parallels that of this figure from Polynesian mythology, who slowed down the sun by beating it with the jawbone of his grandmother.
ANSWER: Māui
[10m] While in heaven, Olofat altered some docile pets by equipping them with these objects. Māui was killed by obsidian examples of these objects belonging to the night goddess Hine-nui-te-pō.
ANSWER: teeth [or tooth; accept shark teeth; accept vagina dentata]
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