Talk:Polynesian mythology

message: Note: polynesian mythology is complex and does vary from region to region. Much has been lost because of contact with missionaries et al. Probably the most intact mythology is that of the Maori of New Zealand. Te Rangi Hiroa's works on Polynesia are very valuable. He was an anthropologist and native Polynesian.
I hope I can do some work on this page, but the few sentences written, and pointed to in the tentative area, are not at all adequate.
A. Perey
:A number of the "[culture] mythology" pages are currently little more than a few lines of introductory text followed by a selection of links (even ones like Egyptian mythology that have been fairly influential on Western culture); additions and assistance from contributors familiar in these belief systems would be greatly apopreciated. -Sean Curtin 21:48, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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message: I removed the list, and this article's placement in :Category:Lists that should be categories. All pages that were in the list are/were in :Category:Polynesian mythology, or its subcategories, with the following exceptions:
*Areoi - appears to have been a real society, so I'm not sure it's link to mythology. Couldn't find much definitive information on google about it.
*Ati (mythology) - originally had link to Ati, a disambiguation page.
*Haole - which apppears to have nothing to do with mythology
*Kanakas - which also appears to have nothing to do with mythology
*Mauri (soul) (doesn't exist, linked from Mauri disambig page)
The following pages are categorized only have a brief explaination on a disambiguation page, with no link to a detailed article.
*Bulu
*Kapo
*Kiwa
*Lona
*Oro
*Pili
*Rimu
*Ru
*Rua
*Wananga
Other notes:
*Rata - disambig page with brief description, but no seperate article (and not in a category)
*Tutu - same asRata
*Tonga (disambiguation) mentions several topics relating to Polynesian mythology, but none have seperate pages.
Some of the important mythological beings/places/ideas should be mentioned on this page, with a brief explaination of their significance.  --Mairi 03:54, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List removed, items categorized 

message: I'm working on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated...there's no way I can write the whole article, but I can definitely get it started. Verloren Hoop 13:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll be glad to help. Where are you at, what help can I give? How do you want to approach it? Kahuroa 00:09, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  That was a very long dissertation, unfortunately much of what you quote is not Polynesian mythology either, but secondary and tertiary sources mishmashed up and presented in English, with nary a sight of any original oral sources, and much has long been discredited. And the radiocarbon dates for Rattus exulans in NZ are disputed. You also seem to think that a story supposedly from the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati, and not a Polynesian culture) is an authority on the mythology of Samoa - puzzling. The precise geographical identification of Alaska and New Zealand also should ring warning bells, as does your assertion that "their culture was perverted by the people from the south", among other things you say.  No doubt this will trigger another giant posting from you, but I doubt anyone would feel like wading through it.  Kahuroa (talk) 01:50, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: In progress

message: I removed this material added by an unregistered contributor because it I think it is too far off the topic, and has nothing to do with mythology. It may be better in another article:
::Recent research on sweet potato varieties in the Pacific indicates that some Polynesians made contact with the coast of South America (or people from there), and returned, but there is no evidence of Polynesian societies in South America. At the same time as some Polynesians were exploring to the east, others were re-discovering routes to the west, establishing maritime trade and raid relations between locations as far apart as Tonga and Uvea (Wallis), Tonga, Anuta and Tikopia, or Samoa and Ouvéa (in the Loyalty Islands). 
Kahuroa 05:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trading and sweet potato

message: Kastom is the more commonly used word to describe the range of myths and associated praxis. Merge? Paki.tv 08:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: STRONG OPPOSE Why would you want to merge POLYNESIAN mythology with an article about a concept in MELANESIAN pijin??? Kahuroa 10:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: Concerning to the Easter Island, the Rapanui people have a mythology more differentiated, due to the island's isolation from other Polynesian islands; being Makemake their chief god.
::I took this out pending discussion here because I think it needs sourcing. My understanding is that Rapanui myths were only poorly recorded and so perhaps the differentiation mentioned is because we don't know much. So a source might help get this right Kahuroa (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Easter island ref