Caribbean Creatures

The Caribbean section reflects archipelago worlds shaped by sea lanes, hurricanes, and port cities. Oral performance, drum and dance, and festival processions carry stories across islands and diasporas. Sources range from mission records and colonial chronicles to contemporary ethnography and community archives. We note multilingual contexts in Spanish, French, English, Dutch, and creole languages, with guidance on transliteration and titles. Themes include island sovereignty, crossroads at the shore, rites of healing and protection, and memory of voyages. Use tiles to browse by island group, language sphere, or ritual setting, then open cards for sources, keywords, and iconography.