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In Search of the Origin of Polynesia, its Role in the Ancient World, and Implications for its Future
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MANA AND MAUI REVISITED
In ancient #Sumerian, #Olmec, and #Egyptian art detailing the stories of #primordial #gods, men and animal-headed men are frequently...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Sep 21, 20195 min read
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Comparative linguistics for breakfast
Shifts in consonants can occur in surprising ways, such as: /n/ => /ng/ => /g/ => /k/ Let's take a look at the concept of speech and...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Sep 14, 20192 min read
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Atlas Revisited
I posed this mythology-themed riddle to everyone on my Facebook feed: “If sailboats are clouds, then the ocean is a sky. I was king of...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Sep 13, 20197 min read
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Polynesia: Echoes of Heaven (and Hell)
Many #Polynesians today regard #ATUA / #AKUA as a sole deity. According to Reverend George Pratt's 1893 Samoan Dictionary: Atua, s....
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jul 21, 201915 min read
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Ancient Trans-Pacific Meso-America & Mesopotamian connections: Anubis = Charon = Urshanabi = Xolotl
I propose that the Egyptian god Anubis and the Aztec god Xolotl are one and the same deity who aside from having very different names and...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jul 17, 20197 min read
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Egyptian root of Tupua / Kupua / Tupuga / Kupuna
#TUPUA / #KUPUA (Pratt, 329) is a word used for the most ancient of ancestors and gods—the Elder race of men and gods according to...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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The Story of Tuisamoa / 'O le Tala ia le Tuisamoa (annotated)
Notes on the #Fanene connection to #Tuisamoa: ================ Personae Dramatis: ================ * Fa'ane'eiai = Fanene (a matrilineal...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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Polynesian Legendary Characters and The Meaning of Their Names As Revealed By Sumerian Cuneiform
The sample text under examination as a case study is: HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL LEGENDS By William D. Westervelt (1923):...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jun 21, 20198 min read
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Chasing Moons: Hina, Sina, from Asia to America via Pasefika. Closing in on Gilgamesh (Bil / Pili)
I have been thinking about the name of an ancestor known as #Salamasina. Sala-ma-SINA Mata-fa'i-fa was a #Samoan queen of four great...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jun 18, 201912 min read
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A Sumerian Origin of Manu’a?
I grew up with the understanding that, according to my dad, Gramma came from Manu’a, and that “Manu’a” meant something like “wounded...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
Jun 7, 20193 min read
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Polynesian Counting System Has Roots In Sumerian: Ritual Practices, Meat, Beer, and Fish Man Priests
The origin of the Polynesian counting system was a mystery. This linguistic study of the basic numbers 1 to 10 reveals deep Sumerian roots.
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 30, 20197 min read
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Sumerian to Sāmoan: Comparative Glossary: Half, Hapa, Afa, Aha, Aba
The Sāmoan word for “daughter” is #AFAFINE, which literally means “half of a woman” with a dropped reduplication on FA. 𒀀𒁀 / 𒀀𒄩=...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 27, 20191 min read
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Man, Woman, Adam, Eve, Rib, Pain, Greatness, Multitudes, Desire, and Sexual Knowledge
The #Sāmoan word for “#mother” is #TINĀ (pronounced: tee-NAW). The Sāmoan word for “#pain” is #TIGĀ (tee-NGAW). Already they seem to...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 26, 20195 min read
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The War of Heaven (Mountain) and Sea: A Look at Mountain, Mauna, Atua, Tua, Kua, Kur, Mat, Tiamat
It is interesting that the anti-Thirty Meter Telescope / save Mauna Kea movement uses three triangles in its symbolism. Traditionally,...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 25, 20193 min read
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Pleiades, The Seven daughters of Atlas, Pele ia tei si, Ali’i, A LII, Taurus, The White Buffalo
The #Pleiades, the daughters of #Atlas, the god of endurance and a rebel, and his wife #Pleione: to the #Greeks they were “The Seven...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 24, 20192 min read
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Ouroboros, ‘O-Ulu-Pō-le-Si’u, The Spine of the Dragon, Ka-Iwi-Kuamo’o Ke-Kua-o-Ka-Lani
For centuries, possibly millennia, native languages have been outlawed and suppressed in their own homelands—#Sioux, #Hawaiian, #Māori,...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 20, 20192 min read
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EĀ, IA, ENKI, YHWH
In the Māori language /IA/ takes the place of a word meaning “a current“, “a stream”, “the sound made by rushing water” In Sumerian, EĀ...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 20, 20191 min read
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Anunnaki, Shining Ones
There is evidence all around the world wherever megalithic structures have depictions of the gods that they are all from the same...
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 19, 20194 min read
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Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 15, 20191 min read
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Honey, Mānuka, Manu’a, Anuta, Wounded Children
I was watching a documentary series today called “Rotten”. Episode 1 examines the global honey industry. What a cutthroat business....
Iosua Ioane Fānene
May 15, 20193 min read
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