Did Lovecraft get it wrong?

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:59 pm

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.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:09 pm

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

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:29 pm

Look up Fe'e, the Polynesian god of thunder. He was a big octopus who lived in a city which sunk under the sea.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:57 pm

If I was Polynesian and I read Lovecraft, I would be shitting myself constantly with dread of when the stars align.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:47 pm

Polynesians definatly have the coolest mythology. Theres so many diffrent gods that one or two probably resemble Cthulhu.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:56 pm

Many do.

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:47 pm

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)

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:38 pm

would this be in or out of the yellow submarine?

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:25 am

In it.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:12 pm

Under the sea! Under the sea! There'll be no agitation, just friendly crustaceons, under the sea!

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:31 am

Honestly I don't know nothing of the polynesic mythology, some link?

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:42 pm

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

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:50 pm

Try wikipedia.

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:39 am

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.