Cowries

Stories tagged Cowries:

• The Origin of Cowries Aug 21, 2025

  

  Come close, children, and hear the tale of how the beautiful cowrie shells came to be the first money of our people, a gift from the ocean goddess herself.

  The Trading Village

  Long ago, when the world was younger and the paths between villages were first being worn by the feet of traders, there lived a coastal community whose people had developed a great skill for making beautiful crafts and growing abundant crops. The village of Anomabo sat where the great forest met the endless blue waters, and its people had learned to harvest the wealth of both land and sea.