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Did Lovecraft get it wrong?
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:59 pm
by Enkil
Came across this today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/wl ... 0817132049.
"The artefact, symbolising a sea god and made from an embossed sheet of gold, depicts a mythical octopus with a stylised human head, cat-like features and eight tentacles."
Sound familiar? It should.
Look familiar? It should.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:09 pm
by JJ Burke
if the url doesn't work for you, delete the period at the end.
cephalopod totems pop up all over the pacific rim.. it makes you wonder just how influential those proto-polynesians were. we know that the central and south american civilizations already revered the big cat, so maybe a kind of god splicing happened at some point
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:29 pm
by Jesus Prime
Look up Fe'e, the Polynesian god of thunder. He was a big octopus who lived in a city which sunk under the sea.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:57 pm
by Enkil
If I was Polynesian and I read Lovecraft, I would be shitting myself constantly with dread of when the stars align.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:47 pm
by Eternities End
Polynesians definatly have the coolest mythology. Theres so many diffrent gods that one or two probably resemble Cthulhu.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:56 pm
by Jesus Prime
Many do.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:47 pm
by Hodgson
Jesus Prime wrote:Look up Fe'e, the Polynesian god of thunder. He was a big octopus who lived in a city which sunk under the sea.
I'd like to be
under the sea
in Fe'e's octopus's god of thunder garden
in the shade.
(rinse, repeat and blame the beatles)
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:38 pm
by JJ Burke
would this be in or out of the yellow submarine?
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:25 am
by odin2
In it.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:12 pm
by Jesus Prime
Under the sea! Under the sea! There'll be no agitation, just friendly crustaceons, under the sea!
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:31 am
by Rodr-Evil
Honestly I don't know nothing of the polynesic mythology, some link?
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:42 pm
by JJ Burke
the deities kanaloa and tangaroa are related to the sea, the underworld, the teaching of magic, etc.. just do a search, you'll find something
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:50 pm
by Jesus Prime
Try wikipedia.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:39 am
by krakenten
Remember, Lovecraft was self-taught, and that he certainly had an interest in Polynesia, the mysterious Ponape culture seems to have caught his attention.
Lovecraft was a respected amateur astronomer and a keen amateur scientist-he would have known how to use library resources to delve into subjects he found interesting.
Dreams often bring our knowledge to order, and Lovecraft was inspired by dreams.
There are such things.