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    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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Here's a blog link. Can't say it's usefulness.
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It is info copied from www.hawaiianprophecies.com, but thank you :)
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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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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


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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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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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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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Not my fortay men but you might find this article interesting.
 
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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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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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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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