A Brief History of Tiki Gods - General Tiki

I irishf Member Athens, Georgia Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 97	I irishf Posted posted on Mon, Dec 31, 2007 8:09 AM Wikipedia has this to say about Kanaloa, read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanaloa depictions of Kanaloa as a god of evil, death, or the Underworld, in conflict with good deities like Kāne (a reading that contradicts Kanaloa and Kāne's paired invocations and shared devotees in Ancient Hawaii) are likely the result of European missionary efforts to recast the four major divinities of Hawaiʻi in the image of the Christian Trinity plus Satan. In traditional, pre-contact Hawaiʻi, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures confirms this.

Wikipedia has this to say about Kanaloa, read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanaloa

depictions of Kanaloa as a god of evil, death, or the Underworld, in conflict with good deities like Kāne (a reading that contradicts Kanaloa and Kāne's paired invocations and shared devotees in Ancient Hawaii) are likely the result of European missionary efforts to recast the four major divinities of Hawaiʻi in the image of the Christian Trinity plus Satan. In traditional, pre-contact Hawaiʻi, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures confirms this.

Post #352105 by irishf on Mon, Dec 31, 2007 8:09 AM