The Lava Idol is a large figure seen in the attraction Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Description[]
Background[]
The idol is a large statue resembling a head which is often taken to be representative of a Māori or otherwise Polynesian lava/volcano deity.
The idol was taken by Lord Henry Mystic from the islands of the Polynesian. It was taken to Mystic's estate in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea c. the 1910s. He placed it alongside several tikis in a chamber of his museum-like abode known as Tribal Arts.
Appearances[]
Mystic Manor[]
The idol seems to become animated in the attraction thanks to Lord Mystic's pet monkey Albert opening up the enchanted Balinese Music Box. The idol can be seen by guests immediately upon entering the room, spouting lava from its mouth as the tikis and totems in the room chant the music box's song.
Trivia[]
- The original Enchanted Tiki Room attraction of which the Tribal Arts scene is inspired by has several tiki god depictions as designed by imagineer Rolly Crump. These deity statues can also be found at Disney's Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World.
- Notable deities adapted include: Maui, Koro, Rongo, Pele, Ngeindei, Tangaroa-ru, Hina Kuluua, Tangaroa and Uti. Disney is also known to make fictitious Polynesian deities such as: Citrikua, Uh-Oa, and the dual goddesses of Te Fiti and Te Ka from Moana (2016).
- In Māori mythology, the representative deity for lava and volcanoes is the goddess Pele who is depicted in the Enchanted Tiki Room with little-to-no resemblance with the lava idol in Mystic Manor.
- As Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room technically exists in the same continuity as Mystic Manor through Disney's S.E.A. mega-theme, it is possible that Lord Mystic took what relics he has from the Tiki room itself or its respective region.
- If this is true, it is possible that some of the tikis already had spirits without the assistance of the music-box and were only allied by it.