Post #800296 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Jan 26, 2020 9:52 PM

Aloha Tiki Tribe!

"Ka-Koa and the Talking Spear"
Original Drawing by Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker
pencil and charcoal on heavy paper, 8.5" x 11"

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This drawing is inspired by the Hawaiian Myth of "The Magic Talking Spear".

The Magic Talking Spear & the prince who welded it against a sea-monster,

The Myth of “The Magic Talking Spear”.
The Spear talks to who’s welding it, telling them how to win in battle.
A chief’s son, Ka-ui-lani, inherits the talking spear and uses it in several adventures to help his father and save his people.

Ka-ui-lani welds the spear in a battle against a giant sea-kupua ( monster ) from beneath the waves that has been harassing his father’s village.
It’s beaten his father soundly and chased the people up-land away from the ocean.

The spear tells Ka-ui-lani how to out-wit & defeat the fishy beast. the talking spear tells the prince how to beat the sea-kupua.

Ka-ui-lani is taught by the magic weapon to carve several life-sized Hawaiian soldiers / warriors (ka-koa) made of a special wood (acacia koa).
It uses more magic and brings the wooden Hawaiian soldiers (the Ka-Koa,) to life.

Then, they wait for the right moment to attack the monstrous sea-kupua. They synchronize their attacks.
The Talking Spear directs the prince and the Ka-Koa in battle against the sea-kupua.

The ocean creature is a huge fish-thing that can create enormous waves, and breathes like a bellows creating steam.
It's as smart as any human & the prince taunts it until it is enraged.
The talking spear tells the prince how to escape the clutches of the sea-kupua each time it attaches him.
Overcome with anger, the beast makes a mistake in battle.

It becomes trapped in shallow water by the Ka Koa / soldiers. Together with the prince and his magic weapon, they defeat it.

These “life-sized wooden images of warriors” that come to life, I wonder if they ARE or if they relate to tiki’s somehow.
I’ve heard that most tikis stand in the “wrestler’s pose”, to appear more threatening.
Seems natural for carved wooden Hawaiian soldiers to look much the same.
Anyway, this myth made for great inspiration for a drawing.

ALOHA!