Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sometimes Tūmatauenga, the war god, creates Tiki. [a] In another story the first woman is Mārikoriko. Tiki marries her and their daughter is Hine-kau-ataata. [1]: 151–152 [b] In some traditions, Tiki is the penis of Tāne. [2] [3]: 510–511 In fact, Tiki is strongly associated with the origin of the reproductive act. [c]
Tiki Makiʻi Tauʻa Pepe (foreground) and Tiki Manuiotaa (background) from the meʻae Iʻipona on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle) together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.
Tiki culture is an American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art.Influential cultures to Tiki culture include Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean Islands, and Hawaii.
Tangaroa – god of the sea; Tūmatauenga – god of war and humans (also known as Tūkāriri); Rūaumoko - god of earthquakes (also known as Rūaimoko); Whiro-te-tipua – god of darkness, evil, and death. In the Samoan language, [1], where atua means "god", traditional tattooing was based on the doctrine of tutelary spirits. [2]
Tiki culture is a lot more than expertly-crafted cocktails bartenders toil over. It's all about storytelling — and the artists who make tiki mugs say they're passionate about playing a part.
The reciting of genealogies (whakapapa) was particularly well developed in Māori oral literature, where it served several functions in the recounting of tradition.. Firstly it served to provide a kind of time scale which unified all Māori mythology, tradition, and history, from the distant past to the
“Those tiki bars, the name itself, already notes that the decor from which they’re created is really a slap in the face because of kanaka (Hawaiian people), our culture, our religion,” said ...
The mockumentary film Hei Tiki was released in 1935, with a New York Times review describing the plot as being about a "chieftain's daughter who is declared tabu and destined to be the bride of the war god", attributing the title to mean "love charm" (a Hei-tiki pendant interpretation).