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The indigenous people of Skull Island are a tribe of humans living on Skull Island who first appear in the 1933 film King Kong, its 1932 novelization, and its derivative works.
Appearance
In the films, the Skull Islanders have dark skin and hair, but later material sometimes gives them lighter skin and tattooing more reminiscent of Polynesian cultures. They are typically adorned in feathers and grasses.
Culture
The culture of the people of Skull Island is not explored directly in the source material, but their language and worship of Kong is suggested by Captain Englehorn to link them to the peoples and cultures of the Malay archipelago. (QUOTE SOURCE) They demonstrate that they have many elaborate facets of civilization. Their clothes can be seen made of cloth, grasses, feathers, skins and fur, suggesting access to weaving and tanning technologies. The decoration seen on their faces and shields made of wood or leather implies an artistic tradition. An examination of their spears reveals them to be roughly uniform with long, straight shafts, and attached, sharpened heads, revealing an understanding of weaponsmithing.
A central part of their culture is the worship of Kong, to whom they sacrifice a woman at intervals. Supplementary materials suggest that this may occur annually(RIPPERGER? SOURCE), and that Kong, like many gods/monsters is worshipped as much for protection from the monsters beyond the wall, good rainfall and bountiful harvests(KK91 SOURCE), as he was to keep him from destroying them. They are led by a chieftain, and have a "witch doctor" in charge of ceremony and spirituality. Part of their ritual to Kong typically includes people dressed as apes to some degree, but whether these are costumes or the skins of actual animals is not widely agreed upon (APE SKINS QUOTE, CONTRA EVIDENCE)
The people seen by Denham's film crew are not widely interpreted as being the builders of Skull Island's great wall, but they do maintain it to ensure their safety. While the origins of the wall are usually left ambiguous, the 1933 newspaper serial by Kingsley Long posits the possibility that the island was once a great continent, now sunken, and that it had once been colonized by Atlantis, who built the wall as well as an ancient city lost to time in the jungle.
History
- King Kong (1933)
- Son of Kong (1933)
King Kong
Son of Kong
With Kong gone, the island fell into dissaray, which the Chief of the islanders blamed on his absence. A series of earthquakes would shake the island time and time again, and when their peninsula was approached by a canoe holding Carl Denham, the islanders shooed him away with spears, seeing him as the forefather of their misfortune. Within days of this unlikey meeting, a last great earthquake plunged the island into the sea, taking with it its secrets and prehistoric life. The fate of the villagers is left unknown, but their practice of canoe building leaves hope for their survival.
Technology
Weaponsmithing Weaving Tanning Language Masonry Agriculture Firemaking
Books & Short Stories
- King Kong (1932)
- "King Kong" (1933) - Boys' Magazine
- "King Kong" (1933) - The Mystery Magazine
- "King Kong" (1933) - London Daily Herald
- "After King Kong Fell" (1973)
- The Illustrated King Kong (1976)
- King Kong (1983) - Step Up Adventures
- Anthony Browne's King Kong (1994)
- Kong Reborn (2005)
Audio Plays
Comics
- King Kong (1933)
- Son of Kong (1933)
- King Kong (1968)
- King Kong (1991) [issues 1-6]
Gallery
Trivia
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The indigenous people of Skull Island are a tribe of humans living on Skull Island who first appear in the 2005 film King Kong.
Appearance
Jackson's Skull Island natives are dark skinned with lank, straight or wavy hair. Some of them have light-colored eyes.most have uneven teeth and are adorned with beads and bones. Having lost the ability to weave during their tenure on Skull Island, their garments were crudely knotted from locks of their own hair.
Culture
Humans had inhabited Skull Island for thousands of years. The first civilization of Skull Island natives dominated the island and built cities and monoliths all throughout it. It is possible that these first colonists brought the ancestors of the Kong with them from their original home. However, due to unknown circumstances, their civilization collapsed, and had been collapsed for at least one thousand years before the Venture's arrival.[1] By that time, the human culture on the island was not even descended from the original islanders. These new arrivals, in adapting to the unforgiving environment of Skull Island lived in the ruins of their predecessors' catacombs, and had regressed considerably. What crude garments they wore were knotted together out of their own hair and bits of bone[2]. Living in the shadow of their predecessors' great wall, the only thing keeping them safe from the horrors of the jungle, the crumbling coastline that lead to the savage waters also claimed its share of their lives. The bravest of their number would tether themselves together with crude ropes and pole-vault between rocks and sunken buildings to hunt for anemones, crabs, shellfish, and seaweed. Because of the scarcity of resources, Skull Islanders were always in fierce competition, and thus what someone else had could be taken by force, and thus the will of the strong prevailed. Their primitive societal structure was governed by a shaman-woman who facilitated sacrifices to Kong. While all the forces of nature were divine and mysterious to the Skull Islanders, none was more powerful than Kong. They believed that by offering him sacrifices timed with tremors in the earth, they might be granted respite from his wrath.[3] The men of their tribe went through facial scarification as a rite of passage, as they formed new identities represented by the markings on their face. The shaman women led the loosely guided tribe through their maternally transferred title, with each one surrounded by acolytes. The girl chosen for sacrifice was taken from her family, who were allowed to make her ceremonial necklace out of hair, feather, and bone, before they were offered, drugged or screaming, to the beast-god.
History
- King Kong (2005)
King Kong
Technology
Hunting Gathering Firemaking Punting Camouflage
Books & Short Stories
Attractions
- Skull Island: Reign of Kong (2016, Universal's Islands of Adventure)
Comics
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The Tagatu are a tribe of humans living on Skull Island that appears in media published through the King Kong of Skull Island intellectual property, created by Joe DeVito and authorized by the estate of Merian C. Cooper. They appeared in the first entry in the "King Kong of Skull Island" canon, Kong: King of Skull Island in 2005. They are the result of the Tagu and Atu cultures coming together after fleeing their home and reaching Skull Island.
Appearance
The Tagatu are typically depicted with tan-brown skin and dark hair and eyes. Their hair is typically straight. They don themselves in various woven garments.
Culture
The origins of the Tagatu in the series proper are explored in the two-part novel series King Kong of Skull Island, which released in 2020.
Until that point, the earliest glimpse into their origin came in James Asmus' 2016-2017 comic series Kong of Skull Island, which like most licensed works, was not strictly bound by DeVito's ideas about the world. The Tagu and Atu peoples were similar in many ways, but differed in their religious beliefs, with the Tagu being polytheistic, and the Atu being monotheistic. The Tagu had a royal bloodline, and had an honored individual called the Storyteller, who was tasked with recording the entirety of their history, and played a vital role in educating younger generations. The Atu however, were more religiously oriented, and were led by a shaman. Despite this, both camps bred and raised gargantuan apes called "Kong," or "Kongs." The Tagu were known for raising them with compassion and positive reinforcement, while the Atu operated on a fear-based platform. However, when the volcano on their home island threatened to destroy both civilizations, they fled to Skull Island, where the two tribes were united by the marriage of the Tagu prince K'reti to Usana, the daughter of the Atu shaman V'drell. This formed the Tagu-Atu people, which over time became shortened to "Tagatu."
After some time on Skull Island, the Kong were rejected by Tagatu society and forced to live on the other side of the wall. Eventually, their role as protectors was accepted, and they were given offerings of fruit.
History
- Kong: King of Skull Island (2005)
- Merian C. Cooper's King Kong (2005)
- Doc Savage: Skull Island (2013)
- King Kong vs. Tarzan (2017)
- King Kong of Skull Island: Exodus (2021)
- King Kong of Skull Island: The Wall (2021)
Comics
- Kong: King of Skull Island (2006)
- Kong of Skull Island (2016-17)
- Kong: Gods of Skull Island (2017)
- Kong of Skull Island 2018 Special (2018)
Kong on the Planet of the Apes
"Return of the King"
Video Games
- King Kong: Skull Island Adventure (2007)
- Skull Island: Rise of Kong (2023)
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