Motif
Deity appears in human guise to validate an image
deity_appears_in_human_guise_to_validate_an_image
A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends PART II OF THE LEGEND OF KU-ULA, THE FISH GOD OF HAWAII / XXIII / KANEAUKAI / A LEGEND OF WAIALUA; lines 6433-6541 confidence: high
They find a log resembling a human form; a young man says, "I am Kaneaukai to whom you have been praying, and that which you have set up is my image."
Kaneaukai appears as a young man in both Mokuleia and Waimea and confirms that the wooden and stone objects are his images.
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