Talk:Tiki
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[edit] External link
The linked page on Aloha Hawaii.com is very poor quality - muddled information, but better than nothing??? Kahuroa 03:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] tiki vs. tiki
Is there any reason why this Tiki should be about the carvings and not the "first man" usage? Is it that much more prevalent? And what's your objection to having a mention to both in one article? - DavidWBrooks 22:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Because the disambiguation page already covers it. And yes, Tiki as the first man is much much more restricted - to a few tribes even within New Zealand. There is a Tahitian version, cognate: Ti'i. In the Cook Islands, Tiki is a woman, the first to die a natural death, not necessarily even the first human at all. I'm pretty keen to keep them separate as there is a tendency to overgeneralise in Polynesian articles generally on this wiki, where a minor ancestor in a tribe on an offshore island in New Zealand or the Society Islands gets described as 'Polynesian' or even as a 'Polynesian god' giving (or reinforcing) false impressions on many levels. Kahuroa 00:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds like you know what you're talking about! - DavidWBrooks 01:38, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
