TIKI GALLERY II by TwoPynts
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The Tikis in this series were all shot at one location and I believe were created by the same artist. I am trying to find out the name of the artist and will reveal the location at the end of the series. These are not traditional Tikis as the more astute of you may have guessed, but they are Tikis nonetheless -- each with its own special personality. My research into Tiki lore was interesting in that I could not find a single resource that agreed completely with another about their origins and purpose. Why is that you may ask? Well, I suspect that this stems from the fact that these tales were taken from the oral histories of people widely spread out across many different islands in the vast Pacific ocean. Depending who you talk to, you are going to get at least a slightly different telling every time. In the following days, I'll try and touch on the sources that stood out the most. Olympus C8080 & PhotoshopCS. Thanks for stopping by and for you comments. Aloha and Mahalo! ----- Oceanic Mythology : TIKI TIKI: These are protective idols representing the first man created by TANE. TANE: God of Light. He lets light into the world every day by lifting up a corner of the dark sky. He's also responsible for forests and trees, and invented the tasty Tui bird. TANE seems to work overtime under the name TANE-MAHUTA. TANE-MAHUTA is the God of the Forest. He's also associated in some obscure way with the Hawaiian KANE, and son of Polynesian Creator God RANGI. KANE: Part of the Hawaiian Creator trinity. With KU and LONGO, he's the God of Procreation and the Sea. Having made the world and created humans, he dwelt among them for a while but got bored and ascended to a heaven which he'd just made. KANE is associated with the Polynesian TANE, although we're not sure why apart from a similarity in spelling. It must be a conspiracy by Oceanic rhyming poets. RANGI: God of the Sky. He fell madly in love with PAPA, the Earth Mother Goddess. In the passion of their embrace, the Earth and the Sky were so tightly cuddled together that there was no room to move. This was somewhat embarrassing when their children RONGO, TANE and TU were born. Faced with a lifetime of stunted growth and intense parental pressure, the kids decided that something had to be done. So TANE tried to force his parents apart. He pushed and pushed for days, weeks and years until PAPA and RANGI slowly parted company. Light entered the world for the first time and plants began to grow. PAPA and RANGI were terribly upset at their separation. RANGI's tears covered the world in ocean, and PAPA's wistful sighs became mists and clouds. Taken from the Godchecker website. Data compiled by Chas Saunders & Peter Ramsey. -----
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Comments (29)
oscilis
Really interesting story. Like the framing too!
cbender
thanks for the information... and also thanks for those really expressive faces... quite intriguing... like them!
gwfa
thanks for the story...
nikolais
the story is also amazing.
hotracer2
Love the story and the images are wonderful:):):)
killerpumpkins
Beautiful stuff! Like the way you framed and presented these. Great expressions too! hmmmm I feel like having a pina colada, or something with an umbrella in it. KP
SoulSearcherr
very kewl presentation..S
tibet2004uk
Awwwwww! What a beautiful story!!! :) And more Tikis yes! Keep them coming Kortalouche! ;)
DELMUR
good beginning for the TIKI! and i love oceanian objects!
thevolunteer
I see you did your research. Great story and photos. Great job of framing also. Keep them coming. Aloha
pimbotin
I'm not the only one to use the notes area of our post! ;-) These shots are still impressive and your notes super-professionnal. Bravo!
Cosme..D..Churruca
This series promises... great information and superb photography !
marybelgium
Bravo... interesting and well captured !
logiloglu
asa i wrote before. a wonderful and fascinating serie. the light is fantastic,too. excellent photography,frame work and presentation. vote #:O)
soulofharmony
oh this is going to be an informative series.. knows nothing of hawaiian, or pacific ocean islands mythology.. will be glued, and marvellous illustrations in p'graphy to accompany... hugsssss.. excellent :)...)))
cynlee
wonderful carvings & history kort :] ...i'll have what killerpumpkins is having... no, i'm not a lush, really...
Akinom
What fascinates me are those various expressions! A brilliant presentation and a great history lesson! Thanks, Kort!
danob
Bravo Kort look forward to more
Tedz
Kia Ora .Tane, Papa and Rangi are real big in Maori Mythology...and I dare say they arrived in their Canoes from other Lands....I salute Your Work.
Punaguy
Great pics and stories here Kort, even I am learning something new...just a happy Hawaiian! Aloha!
watapki66
Love the lighting on this one, it really brings out the textures!
sharky_
Excellent display and informationn. Excellent series and loving it. Aloha
Sekadhar
Fantastic! Excellent shot!!!!
EricSBauer
awesome captures all across the board!!! lighting and color in each is perfect, i love the different shades of color on the third one!!! excellent work and captures!!!!
Egmont
An interesting and educational series. Thank you for the informative background.
Chaos911
super good photo, i realy like this one!!!
GiMi53
Wonderful presentation ! Very interesting info ! Fantastic work, Kort ! :~)
KiwiMiss
Brilliant info and work
sossy
how many gods are there? a wonderful and interesting impression and wooden native artwork! two of them are looking very bored! ;o)