Obscure Mythology Chapter 20: Ta-aroa

Pacific Islands, a Tahitian creator-God

     Welcome back to installment number 20 of my Obscure Mythology project, just 6 more to go! I know it took all summer and I really didn’t plan on it taking until probably November to finish but I have to admit, it has been very fun and educational. I have begun many projects in my blogging lifetime and I have never completed one, I will be very happy when I actually finish this one! In all of my artistic endeavors over 30 plus years I have only finished one project, a role playing game based on Special Operations missions, that my friends and I played for many years in the mid-90’s but that is it. I have left dozens of novels, hundreds of short stories and a plethora of photography and blog related projects unfinished and collecting dust. I am hoping that perhaps when I do actually finish this project it will  motivate me to try finishing one or two of my previously abandoned works, I guess only time will tell. Anyway, it took me exactly one minute to pick this weeks installment since I ended up using the very first entry under T, in the Dictionary of Mythology. I was instantly drawn to yet another creation story that sounds awfully familiar, this one is from the Pacific Islands and as you will see it has many similarities to the other creation myths we have looked at throughout this project. I must admit, Pacific Island mythology is very obscure to me as I haven’t read much about it until this project. I have always been fascinated by the Polynesian people’s rich history and excellent seafaring skills (they colonized the Pacific Islands at a time when most civilizations were just figuring out how to travel on water) which rival even that of the Vikings and I do believe they “discovered” South America before the Spaniards by at least 500 years. Numerous artifacts including chicken bones and a certain type of Pacific Island yams have been found in many areas of coastal South America. If they could travel on the open ocean to discover islands like Hawaii and Easter Island what would have stopped them from exploring further? I also believe the Chinese explorer and Admiral Zheng He was on the west coast of North America in or around 1410-20 and there is actual evidence to show that the Vikings were on the east coast of North America around 1000, so why couldn’t the excellent sailors of Polynesia have reached South America? They had the ability and the curiosity to accomplish the feat and they most likely did, mainstream researchers and scholars disagree but that is only because they are suppressing the real truth about our ancient ancestors and their abilities, why? I am not sure but I know as do many others that the real truth is being hidden. Some day I hope to focus more of my time and research on the answer to the suppression but like I said earlier I have to actually finish a project before I can do any others! Now onto Ta-aroa, creator god of the Tahitian people.

Ta-aroa, Pacific Islands, creator god of the Tahitian people.

Some say that he hatched from a cosmic egg and used the shell to create earth (Fa’ahotu) and sky (Atea), others that he created the world inside of a mussel, others that he built the universe from his own body. Some say that he pulled up the islands from the bottom of the ocean on a hook and fishing-line.

He also made men from red clay and later put a man to sleep, took a bone from his body and from it made the first woman.

I have mentioned a few times how a lot of Native American creation myths mention man being created from clay or mud and this myth from the Pacific Islands, a half a world away, says the same thing. Of course we also have the fact that a bone from man was used to create woman, which is strikingly similar to the story of man and woman’s creation from the Book of Genesis, were God uses one of Adam’s ribs to create Eve, don’t forget that Eve was Adam’s second wife, Lilith was created at the same time as Adam not from any part of him. Anyway you look at that creation myth you must look back to the ancient Sumerian’s account of the Annunaki (sky Gods, whom I’ve mentioned numerous times in previous posts) and how they created humans by genetically altering the proto-humans that were on earth at the time with their own DNA. It should also be mentioned that Pacific Islanders have genetic markers left from at least two ancient human species, the Denisovans and an as yet unknown ancient human species. Is it possible that all of these creation stories are based on reality? Could we have been genetically altered by an ancient race of aliens? It does explain how Homo sapiens grew from obscurity to global dominance in less than 100,000 years or so. These are the reasons I love this research and love asking questions. The search for truth may never lead me to any solid answers but it sure gives me reason to continue researching and seeking for it. I hope you enjoyed this installment and I look forward to sharing the next one with you soon enough. We are just five installments away from getting into some real exciting things, in the meantime I certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this look at Obscure culture as much as I’ve enjoyed sharing it with you all. Until the next time, PEACE!!!!!!!