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Candleberry
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Topic: Hawaiian history/religion/mythology Posted: 19-Apr-2011 at 12:46 |
Anyone who knows about, or knows where i can find information on the "Medallion of Havaiti Nui"? The only information i found online was at the site www.hawaiianprophecies.com.
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Centrix Vigilis
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Posted: 19-Apr-2011 at 16:53 |
Here's a blog link. Can't say it's usefulness.
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Posted: 20-Apr-2011 at 21:12 |
It is info copied from www.hawaiianprophecies.com, but thank you :)
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Posted: 20-Apr-2011 at 21:37 |
According to Robert D. Craig Havaiti Nui was the mythical homeland of the Hawaiians and Maori. Polynesians believe the gods still live there and their ancestors' spirits return there after they die
Handbook of Polynesian mythology
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Posted: 21-Apr-2011 at 17:19 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
According to Robert D. Craig Havaiti Nui was the mythical homeland of the Hawaiians and Maori. Polynesians believe the gods still live there and their ancestors' spirits return there after they die
Handbook of Polynesian mythology |
Thank you! :)
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Posted: 23-Apr-2011 at 20:29 |
You might find these useful.
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Posted: 23-Apr-2011 at 22:35 |
There are some problems with that Havaiti Nui medallion story.
Havaiti Nui sounds un-Hawaiian. One thing is that the Hawaiian language has lost the letter ‘t’ a long time ago (since at least the 1700’s). One can check any Hawaiian text without finding any ‘t’ in it ( unless in foreign words)
The ‘t’ in Polynesian languages became ‘k’ in Hawaiian or is omitted. To give some examples : The Polynesian god Tane is called Kane on Hawaii. The Polynesian word tabu (taboo) is kapu in Hawaiian.
Many Polynesians from other island groups refer to an earlier homeland as Hawaiki, Havaii etc. (this may or may not refer to the familair Hawaii) but the Hawaiians are an exception. As good as all known traditions ( including the oldest documented ones) speak of Kahiki (pronounced Tahiti in most other Polynesian languages) as an earlier homeland.
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 03:46 |
Originally posted by Centrix Vigilis
You might find these useful.
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Yes thank you very much! :)
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 03:51 |
Originally posted by Sander
There are some problems with that Havaiti Nui medallion story.
Havaiti Nui sounds un-Hawaiian. One thing is that the Hawaiian language has lost the letter ‘t’ a long time ago (since at least the 1700’s). One can check any Hawaiian text without finding any ‘t’ in it ( unless in foreign words)
The ‘t’ in Polynesian languages became ‘k’ in Hawaiian or is omitted. To give some examples : The Polynesian god Tane is called Kane on Hawaii. The Polynesian word tabu (taboo) is kapu in Hawaiian.
Many Polynesians from other island groups refer to an earlier homeland as Hawaiki, Havaii etc. (this may or may not refer to the familair Hawaii) but the Hawaiians are an exception. As good as all known traditions ( including the oldest documented ones) speak of Kahiki (pronounced Tahiti in most other Polynesian languages) as an earlier homeland.
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But might this medallion still exist? Even if its called Havaiti/Hawaii/Kahiki?
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 10:04 |
Havaiti Nui isn't Hawaiian, it may not be Polynesian but a holdover from a much older language. The ancient name for Easter Island is Rapa Nui.
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 13:23 |
Agreed.
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 17:05 |
Not my fortay men but you might find this article interesting.
Has the mystery of Easter Island finally been solved?
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Posted: 24-Apr-2011 at 20:24 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
According to Robert D. Craig Havaiti Nui was the mythical homeland of the Hawaiians and Maori. Polynesians believe the gods still live there and their ancestors' spirits return there after they die
Handbook of Polynesian mythology |
Links still aren't working properly
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Posted: 26-Apr-2011 at 08:17 |
The link works fine. There is a server error, not the fault of the program. It's been happening once in awhile since the host changed platforms.
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Posted: 26-Apr-2011 at 08:24 |
Was Nul,Sun god symbol?
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Posted: 08-Jul-2011 at 05:58 |
After rethinking, one letter diffference should not matter that much. Secondly, I recently read that a few Hawaiian groups still had the ‘t’ this century. So, that name Havaiti Nui is not problematic.
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