Myths


 * The islanders believe that the islands are skipping stones thrown by the gods. The fate of the island depends on their faith. If the winter rains are strong, the islanders feel like the island is sinking. When the summer comes, the island feels like it is floating. They believe that in turn, each soul is a skipping stone, that if balanced and straight, will continue until it reaches heaven. If it is bad, it will sink into the depths. This has started rituals around skipping stone throwing contests. Money has transformed to small skipping stones (like coins, but rounded).
 * The islanders believe that to be a part of nature, they must take plants and eat them. They believe they are all connected, and nature gives them gifts, just as it gives them punishment. There is no taboo around drug consumption, and the islanders experiment with psychoactive substances.
 * The islanders have lots of myths around death. They believe that their children are their echoes, and they can only achieve eternal life by having children. They also believe that murder is an absolute sin and will cause a man's soul to sink into the depths. The weight of murder is too heavy to carry on a skipping stone. Therefore, executions do not happen on the island because the weight of the murder would be carried by the island. The worst punishment is dismemberment, and is proportional to the crime. Murder will result in losing your hands and feet and ears and tongue and being castrated. The thought is that losing the weight of your limbs will help keep you afloat. Punishments are creative.
 * Committing murder is like two skipping stones hitting each other. Both sink.
 * Some of the islanders are starting to adopt a more fatalist approach in response to increasing government sanctions. The logic essentially frees them from responsibility for their actions.