Crazy AL Tiki !?! New stuff of old stuff? pg.19 - Tiki Carving

A AlienTiki Member MAUI No Ka'oi Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 424	A AlienTiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 1:16 PM On 2009-06-23 23:41, crazy al wrote: always skeptical of "Hawaiian Tiki Names" i found this out... Akua Kia is Hawaiin for God-Sea... and is attributed to the figure i worked off found on most Tiki-super-stores online... however there is not much info for Akua Kai but there is for KANALOA KANALOA was a god of the ocean, and certain types of healing, crafts and other cultural practices. KANALOA And TANGAROA are two spelling for the same deity. Although the images of the two tiki may look different, many of the legends are the same throughout polynesia. The Hawaiian language doesn't use the letters T G and R. Replacing them with the K and the L you get Kanaloa. Nice carves, I like the four way Marq better than the devolved super-store Kanaloa, both are killer. Thanks for posting the pics.

On 2009-06-23 23:41, crazy al wrote:

always skeptical of "Hawaiian Tiki Names" i found this out... Akua Kia is Hawaiin for God-Sea... and is attributed to the figure i worked off found on most Tiki-super-stores online...
however there is not much info for Akua Kai but there is for KANALOA

KANALOA was a god of the ocean, and certain types of healing, crafts and other cultural practices.

KANALOA And TANGAROA are two spelling for the same deity. Although the images of the two tiki may look different, many of the legends are the same throughout polynesia. The Hawaiian language doesn't use the letters T G and R. Replacing them with the K and the L you get Kanaloa.

Nice carves, I like the four way Marq better than the devolved super-store Kanaloa, both are killer. Thanks for posting the pics.

Post #464297 by AlienTiki on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 1:16 PM