Post #18928 by jtiki on Fri, Jan 10, 2003 10:34 AM

After a recent adventure in the Hawaiian Isles, I’ve come back quite curious about which Tiki is who. I know there are other tikis from other islands (e.g., marques or Maori styles). But within the Hawaiian pantheon who’s who?

I’m certain that the god with the braids is Ku, but when I asked who is the god in the tall hat, I was told, that’s just another Ku. I was told my street-carved tiki was Lono, but when I asked how I could tell, the answer came back a little fuzzy. Do they have attributes, like St Sebastian and his arrows, or St Peter and his keys, or is it more an “I just decided this was a Lono” on the part of the carver?

AND ANOTHER THING – Where are the women?

I know Pele is the volcano goddess, and Hina was the wife of Ku, but I never see these gals as carved images. In fact, the only carved image of a Hawaiian goddess I know of, was carved by a French guy

The god with the tall hat:

The god with the braids:

My street-carved Lono:

jtiki