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Bách khoa toàn thư nền nông nghiệp thế giới - Châu Úc - Vần O | Ontong Java 253 The hypnotic trances into which the shamans fell were thought to be spirit possession. During a trance the spirit would express its wishes and would provide information and divinations through the shaman. Breadfruit and other natural products were believed to be possessed of a soul or spirit. Each person was thought to have two souls with the primary soul ngun going to its sib heaven at death. The souls of stronger individuals could elect to undergo a series of trials and become sib heroes. See also Kapingamarangi Pohnpei Truk Bibliography Marshall Mac 1975 . Changing Patterns of Marriage and Migration on Namoluk Atoll. In Pacific Atoll Populations edited by Vem Carroll 160-211. ASAO Monograph no. 3. Honolulu University Press of Hawaii. Nason James D. 1974 . Political Change An Outer Island Perspective. In Political Development in Micronesia edited by Daniel T. Hughes and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter 119-142. Columbus Ohio State University Press. Tolerton Burt and Jerome Rauch 1949 . Social Organization Land Tenure and Subsistence Economy of Lukunor Nomoi Islands. Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology Report no. 26. Washington . Pacific Science Board. Ontong Java ETHNONYMS Lord Howe Lord Howe s Group Luangiua Orientation Identification. Ontong Java is a coral atoll in the Solomon Islands and is one of the so-called Polynesian outliers a number of islands and atolls located outside of the Polynesian triangle that are inhabited by people who are Polynesian in their language and culture. The name Ontong Java was bestowed in 1643 by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who apparently was reminded of Java. In 1791 Captain Hunter of the Waaksamhey d named it Lord Howe s Group. In official publications of the Solomon Islands government it is listed as Ontong Java although some Solomon Islanders continue to refer to it by the name of Lord Howe. Most of what is known