• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    82
    ·
    2 months ago

    Apparently knowledge of anatomy was not a part of Polynesian mythology. Even without the teeth, what way out exactly did he plan to take?

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        2 months ago

        Also how big is said goddess? Maybe the imagery was supposed to be similar to Maui being like water. The path isn’t direct from mouth to eurethera, but maybe he can be absorbed through barriers as well.

        Also… Why did we skip over how that would make humans immortal?

        • Lumisal@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          13
          ·
          2 months ago

          Also… Why did we skip over how that would make humans immortal?

          Well if we knew that we’d be immortal of course!

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      2 months ago

      He was banking on gingivitis vaginalis, which would let him slip into the blood stream and be carried to the lungs. Once in the lungs, right before leaving for the left atrium (where the blood-pressure is the lowest) he planned on making a small incision into the lung. From here it was just a matter of crawling up.