• FrChazzz@lemmus.org
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    Outside my window is a mountain. Everyone knows it as Koko Crater. But it’s actual name is Kohelepelepe which is the Hawaiian name for the labia minor. The story is that a goddess, attempting to rescue another goddess named Pele, throws her vagina all the way from Hawai’i island to O’ahu and it lands in this spot.

    I think about this nearly every day (because of the mountain outside my window).

    Here’s two links related to the story: Wikipedia and a more local essay.

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        I firmly believe that you can judge a civilization by whether their creation myths, folklore figures, and proto-deities are all on team phallus or team vulva.

        Most of the “good” ones by classical to modern standards; team vulva.

        I will neither elaborate nor go dig up references because that’s work and then a reader might be denied looking up ancient stone penises and vaginas for an afternoon, and that would be tragic.

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          The norse creation myth involves frost-giants sucking the teats of a cow.

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              I think that’s part of it too. First the cow licks a giant into life, and then it drinks maybe?

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      That’s awesome and wild.

      Also, are you native Hawaiian? Else how is living on Oahu? We have dreamed of it in the past, sounds delightful in many ways!

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        lmao the natives don’t live on the islands where that dude does

        that’s a rich white dude, or maybe asian but probably white

        edit lol at the downvotes for the truth