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Hōkūleʻa, Star of Gladness

The canoe, the star, and the method of reading swell, bird, and sky were placed beside one another because the canoe is named for the star and was steered by a transmitted wayfinding practice.

Holdschecked1975-03-08

What, exactly, is transmitted when a star compass moves from one ocean culture to another?

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Linguistic descent
The canoe is named Star of Gladness, a Hawaiian name for Arcturus.
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Historical transmission
Mau Piailug navigated the 1976 voyage and taught the method.
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Astronomical geometry
Wayfinding treats the night as an instrument.
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Editorial parallel
Placed together as two readings of night and home, without a claimed historical path.
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Structural resemblance
Voyages of Hōkūleʻa are also stories of going and coming home.
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Editorial parallel
Both find a way with sky and field. One is taught. One is biological.
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Editorial parallel
A star as tool beside a star as sign. No shared source is claimed.
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Astronomical geometry
Kept beside one another to show that wayfinding here is not a north-pole-star method.
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Editorial parallel
Ocean travel in two offices: flesh reading a field, and a taught canoe.
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