Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - What is the equivalent of "Wahyu" in other cultures?

ausjulius · 3rd November 2009, 08:15 PM

silkreeler,
as asking if different cultures had or had customs akin to the malay peoples belifes regarding the kris and other weapons ,
i would say a close analog would be the polynesians and melanesians in the pacific,,
aspecialy the maori .
with some clubs being "famous" and being attractive enough to be the source of an attack in invasion from another tribe to capture the item for their own use.. the more note worthy and powerful worriors that the weapon killed or was used to sacrifice the more power it had , and also specific gods and p sprits and ancestors would be associtaed with it, the more people how owned it in the past also could increase its power , the weapon could also take on quests for gots or contain some powers the owner may not be totaly in control or awear of untill they were revealed ...

3rd November 2009, 08:15 PM	#17
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 476	silkreeler, as asking if different cultures had or had customs akin to the malay peoples belifes regarding the kris and other weapons , i would say a close analog would be the polynesians and melanesians in the pacific,, aspecialy the maori . with some clubs being "famous" and being attractive enough to be the source of an attack in invasion from another tribe to capture the item for their own use.. the more note worthy and powerful worriors that the weapon killed or was used to sacrifice the more power it had , and also specific gods and p sprits and ancestors would be associtaed with it, the more people how owned it in the past also could increase its power , the weapon could also take on quests for gots or contain some powers the owner may not be totaly in control or awear of untill they were revealed ...