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Ghost Beliefs in Polynesia: When Spirits Return and Possess
... by the Polynesians, are less so. In terms of geography, Polynesia covers a large area in the central and southern ... the people of the Society Islands (part of today’s French Polynesia) have several different words for ghosts. ... . As a comparison, the people of Tuamotus (also part of French Polynesia) also have different words for ghosts. ...
dhwty - 28/05/2017 - 22:55
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Study Traces Epic Polynesian Migration to the Pacific Islands
... anthropology and geography. They were affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, the ... the American Samoan island of Tutuila. Adze, from Samoa, Polynesia. (British Museum/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ) “Tatagamatau ... Aymeric Hermann, a researcher affiliated with both the French National Center for Scientific Research and Max Planck ...
Nathan Falde - 25/04/2023 - 18:56
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The Mysterious 'Alien' Stone Monuments of Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva is known as the largest island in French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Beyond its history as the ... landscape. Nuku Hiva is known as the largest island in French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Beyond its history as ...
Lex Leigh - 12/04/2022 - 18:58
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Taputapuatea Marae, An Ancient Site of Human Sacrifice and Communing with the Gods
French Polynesia is renowned for its beauty and friendly people, but still relatively little is known about its history. French Polynesia is renowned for its beauty and friendly people, but ...
Ed Whelan - 06/05/2019 - 14:01
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Talietumu Fort, Wallis and Futuna: The Fortress for a King Whose Feet Could Never Touch the Ground
... offers a fascinating insight into the unique history of Polynesia. Ruins of Talietumu Talietumu, also known as Kolo ... many years and it was restored in the 1990s by a team of French archaeologists. The fortress is located six miles (10 ... also discovered the island of Tahiti. However, it was the French who colonized the island. Captain Samuel Wallis. ( ...
Ed Whelan - 22/12/2018 - 23:05
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Hawaii: Paradise Location Of Homeric Mythical Elysian Fields
... mythology and religion - are located in the islands of Polynesia. Portrait of Omai, a South Sea Islander who ... in the notes of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, the French navigator who landed in Tahiti in 1768: “ Men six ... Domain ) Etymological and Mythological Correspondences In Polynesia the nobles , called the Ari’I , were considered ...
Felice Vinci - 12/06/2023 - 16:45
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Ancient Mariners: Transoceanic Voyages Before the Europeans
... and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl set off from Peru to French Polynesia in nothing more than a raft designed and ... crew finally broke land in the Tuamotus archipelago in French Polynesia, proving once and for all this trans-Pacific ...
Freddie Levy - 08/03/2020 - 19:02
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The Menehune: Historical Accounts of the Mythical ‘Little People’ of Hawaii
... in 1951 the Bishop Museum bulletin, “ The Menehune of Polynesia,” described as the only survey about Menehune ... by Maurin. A marvelous image of a ceremonial reception of French Naval Officers in Hawaii, from Jacques Arago's rare ... Honolulu, USA. Luomala, Katharine (1951). The Menehune of Polynesia and other Mythical People of Oceania . Published ...
Sheri Trentlage - 08/05/2021 - 23:12
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Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island
... they came from Mangareva, some 490km to the north west in French Polynesia. Wooden carving from Mangareva ( Wikimedia Commons ...
Joanna Gillan - 27/07/2018 - 00:05
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The Age-Old Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell
... Pacific Sea. After running aground at Amanu, an atoll of French Polynesia , where four cannons were later discovered, the ... of available evidence. Bengt Danielsson, an academic from French Polynesia, described it as “anthropological science ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 13/03/2022 - 13:59
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Tokelau, a Small Nation with Great Traditions
... a steppingstone for the Lapita as they colonized eastern Polynesia. Tokelau was once dominated by chiefs who often ... and interaction was sporadic until the mid-19 th century. French Catholic and British Protestant missionaries converted ...
Ed Whelan - 01/04/2020 - 01:58
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - The Strange Rongorongo Script (Part 2)
... Daro. The writing was first reported by Eugene Eyraud, a French missionary on the island, in 1864. Eyraud sent some ... dying out, some taken to the guano islands in Peru. The French author and archeologist Franis Maziere claimed in his ...
davidchildress - 09/07/2013 - 12:06
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - And the Statues Walked… (Part 3)
... statues in mud and muck around 300 AD? It is known that Polynesia was settled many thousands of years before ... it was the month of July.” He notes that the winds from Polynesia to Easter Island blow in July and August. “King ... reaches to the Tuamotu archipelago (what is largely today French Polynesia) to the north-west of Easter Island. Another ...
davidchildress - 10/07/2013 - 13:15
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Pindai Caves, Once Home to the Lapita People and Extinct Species
... ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) New Caledonia was absorbed into the French Empire in the 19 th century when they used the islands ...
Ed Whelan - 21/02/2020 - 01:36
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Archaeologists Reveal Details about Lifestyle of First New Zealanders
... individuals from a site in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, with both sets of people sharing a low diversity ...
aprilholloway - 20/05/2013 - 13:21
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Easter Island and the Mysteries of the Moai
... the sweet potato on the island which was a staple crop in Polynesia. The Easter Island moai statues are believed to ... to Christianity by 1868. Illustration conducted during a French expedition to Easter Island in 1786, entitled “ ... purpose was to commemorate former high chiefs. In 1786, a French expedition created maps of the island and ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 06/03/2022 - 14:00
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - Part 1
... the abandonment of the island by big ships coming from Polynesia or South America must have happened many thousands ... for the civilization that had made them. In 1786, a French expedition under the Comte de La Perouse stopped for a ...
davidchildress - 08/07/2013 - 11:09
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Jus primae noctis: Did Medieval Lords Really Sleep With Serf Brides First?
... noctis would be maintained into the 14th century, when a French tale, called Baudouin de Sebourc mentioned it as a ... of virgins by elites was a common occurrence. Youth by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows how white is ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 10/06/2022 - 14:47
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The Statues and Symbolic Gestures that Link Ancient Göbekli Tepe, Easter Island, and Other Sites Around the World
... or Hidden Friend"), from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Polynesia. Notice how the statue’s hands wrap around to the ... statues of Easter Island, Mexico, Costa Rica, Azerbaijan, French Polynesia, West Mesopotamia, Saharan Africa, Bolivia, Egypt, ...
Ozgur - 09/06/2015 - 00:48
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New Study Asserts that Easter Island Was Not Destroyed by Warfare
... on the island up until European contact,” he said. French explorer Alphonse Pinart, onetime husband of Zelia ...
ancient-origins - 17/02/2016 - 00:49