If any people was able to communicate it was the Polynesians, their ancestors even reached Madagascar (as hard evidence in form of language testifies). They must have had access to an enormous amount of ideas, delivered through contact with very many different peoples and cultures - indirectly covering the whole earth. They did not become a civilization, and they moved away from such threats as the multiplying citygoverned hords at the margin of the seas, out to hard to find and small islands. They needed to remember not only the old routes and the stars which were followed but as much as possible of the old ways - which might come in handy (or even be necessary for survival) when the migrations went on to next island. So they continued ackumulating knowledge, adding to the old as time went on. When Western Civilization at last sought them out, killing most of them by diseases and slave raids, Hawaii remained a last resort. But Easter Island did not offer much of interest and its location at the corner in the southeast must have resulted in the island mostly being left alone also by the Polynesians themselves. The rongorongo texts could offer the only remaining key to unravel the old magic cosmos. If so, then old myths and ideas from other parts of the world should be embedded in the texts. Such a myth will be used here. |