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Of Humans and Squids, with Martin Wallen

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Squid Deity in Polynesian Traditions

There is a squid deity in polynesian traditions, right? Well, i hesitateo to speak authoritatively about o, another culture. But polynesian culture is very close to the ocean. And from what i was too understand from my own very amateurs of investigation, is that there are prayers to tanaloa, who is described as god of the squid. Thesteof course, these guardians would be revered and among those would bethe squid. A modern new zealand poet daron camali invokes on ancient ponesian traditions in his poetry. He he called upon a guardian squids on to rejuvenate on is culture that has been subsumed by the western views

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