menehune'cons or leper'hunes??? Which came First?? - Tiki Carving

TT Trader Tom Tiki Socialite West Hills, CA Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 982	TT Trader Tom Posted posted on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 10:24 PM History aside, there are a lot of old Irish legends and stories about explorers finding lost islands that are paradise on earth with exotic vegetation and beautiful women. The two stories that spring to mind are St Brendan and Bran. You can read about them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_Bran The god of the sea, Manannan mac Lir, was said to be the guardian of the "Blessed Isles" which have never been exactly pinpointed (some say they are Macronesian but they could just as easily be Polynesian Isles). More on Manannan here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manannán_mac_Lir

History aside, there are a lot of old Irish legends and stories about explorers finding lost islands that are paradise on earth with exotic vegetation and beautiful women. The two stories that spring to mind are St Brendan and Bran.

You can read about them here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan

and here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_Bran

The god of the sea, Manannan mac Lir, was said to be the guardian of the "Blessed Isles" which have never been exactly pinpointed (some say they are Macronesian but they could just as easily be Polynesian Isles). More on Manannan here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manannán_mac_Lir

Post #517656 by Trader Tom on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 10:24 PM