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Isokelekel

Person People May be legendary
The ruins of Nan Madol in Pohnpei
CT Snow from Hsinchu, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Where
Pohnpei
Culture
Pohnpei
Lived
about 1628
Why they matter
The hero who overthrew the Saudeleur kings of Nan Madol.
Fate
Founded the chiefly line that followed.
Nan Madol ruins in Pohnpei
CT Snow from Hsinchu, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0
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Background

Isokelekel was a semi-mythical hero warrior and demigod who founded pre-modern Pohnpei sometime in the 1500s to the early 1600s. He invaded the island, ended the oppressive rule of the Saudeleur dynasty, and instituted the decentralized chiefdom (nahnmwarki) system that has survived through modern times.

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