Story of Nemwes journey to Udot

This is a popular Chuukese folklore that has been told and retold so many times.  While many accounts of this story may often differ in the superfluous details, the key elements are pretty much preserved and has been passed down for atleast a few centuries.  These key elements are that 1. Nemwes comes from Yap, 2. She could walk across water and would visit nearby islands to collect flowers. 3. She was warned against either entering or lingering on the island of Udot.

Nemwes is a young girl from Yap that had a supernatural ability to walk on open water.  She accomplishes this by kicking the sand out into the water, forming a landbridge before her.  The idea is not that far-fatched to someone who grew up on the islands, especially on those smaller groups of atolls throughout Micronesia, as this is kind of what happens during low tide.  For instance, on Satowan island, you could literally walk to Kuttu island during low tide with the water only reaching below your knee at most.  Also, let's remember that depending on how old story-telling in Micronesia is, some of these stories might have seemed very much believable, or at the very least imaginable to them, given that sea levels and other factors were very different then than they are today. 

As the story goes, Nemwes would walk among these islands in Micronesia, visiting and collecting flowers.  Like in many story themes, she was warned by her father, a chief from Yap, to stay away from the island of Udot.  As Nemwes journeyed from island to island, she looked upon the Udot shores and she could see many people gathered about. These people we're cooking for their chief of Udot. 

When the people saw her, they waved at her to come ashore and join them in feast.  Nemwes, having forget the warnings of her father, stepped on the shores of Udot. It was here that Nemwes' journey among the islands would come to an abrupt end.  

After feasting with the locals, she was given gifts of food to bring with her on her journey.  She walked down to the shore and kicked the sands, but this time no landbridge came up to carry her home. It is said that she remained on the beach until her eventual death.  To this day, people say there is a big rock on the beach where Nimwes came ashore, that closely resembles a figure of a girl.