拍品专文
Hina est considérée par certains comme la plus importante déesse polynésienne. Certaines légendes la représentent comme la créatrice de tous les dieux et des êtres humains. Il est question, dans l'un de ces récits, de l'amour qu'elle porte à une anguille. Lorsque celle-ci est tuée, Hina enterre la tête du poisson et voit surgir de la tombe quelques jours plus tard le tout premier cocotier. Mieux connue comme la dame qui vit dans la lune, Hina utilise l'écorce de mûrier pour fabriquer une riche étoffe de tapa, qui nous apparaît sous la forme d'un voile nuageux autour de la lune. Hina symbolise cette partie de nous-mêmes qui déploie des trésors de créativité pour nous redonner courage, même lorsque nous avons le sentiment que la mort et la déchéance nous entourent.
Hina is said by some to be the greatest of Polynesian goddesses. In certain tellings she is the original creator of the world, of goddesses and gods, and of human beings. One story tells of her love affair with an eel, which is killed. She buries his head, and several days later the first coconut tree springs forth from the grave. Hina is perhaps best known as the woman who lives on the moon. There she creates beautiful tapu cloth from the bark of the mulberry tree, which we see as clouds surrounding the moon. Hina represents that part of ourselves that creatively restores our courage even in the midst of what appears to be death and decay.
Hina is said by some to be the greatest of Polynesian goddesses. In certain tellings she is the original creator of the world, of goddesses and gods, and of human beings. One story tells of her love affair with an eel, which is killed. She buries his head, and several days later the first coconut tree springs forth from the grave. Hina is perhaps best known as the woman who lives on the moon. There she creates beautiful tapu cloth from the bark of the mulberry tree, which we see as clouds surrounding the moon. Hina represents that part of ourselves that creatively restores our courage even in the midst of what appears to be death and decay.