Inoa | Name(s)
Kanaloa
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He akua nui ʻo Kanaloa. He pilina kona me ka moana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka holo ʻana ma nā waʻa ma ka moana. Pili pū ʻo ia i ka lawaiʻa a me ka loko iʻa. ʻO kona mau kinolau ka heʻe, ka mūheʻe, ka maiʻa, a me ka naiʻa5.
ʻIke nui ʻia ʻo ia ma nā moʻolelo e huakaʻi ana me ke akua ʻo Kāne. ʻO kā lāua hana ma nā moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka huakaʻi ʻana mai ʻō a ʻō ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi e huli ʻana i wai. ʻŌlelo pinepine ʻia no kā lāua inu ʻana i ka ʻawa ma nā moʻolelo. ʻO nā pō mahina o Kāloakūkahi, Kāloakūlua, a me Kāloakūkolu no kēia akua. ʻO kekahi inoa no ka mokupuni o Kahoʻolawe, ʻo ia ʻo Kanaloa.
Description
Kanaloa is a great God. He is associated with the deep ocean, and especially regarding sailing on canoes in deep ocean. He is also assocaited with fishing and fish ponds. His bodily forms include the octopus, the squid, the banana, and the porpoise5.
He is often seen in stories traveling alongside the god Kāne. In these stories, they travel all over within the Hawaiian archipelago and are often seeking out water sources. They drink ʻawa together, and are associated with it.The moon phases Kāloakūkahi, Kāloakūlua, and Kāloakūkolu are so called for this god. Another name for the island of Kahoʻolawe is Kanaloa, presumably for this god as well.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Kanaloa. ʻAʻole kēia ka huaʻōlelo no ka mokupuni o Kahoʻolawe.
Instructions
Use this term for resources associated with the god Kanaloa. Do not use this term for the island of Kahoʻolawe.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Anuenue2; Kāne3
ʻĀina: | Land/sea: Kahoʻolawe3
Hana | Practice: Lawaiʻa3; Lawaiʻa loko iʻa4; Kālai waʻa; Hoʻokele
Kinolau | Form: Heʻe;3; Kai4; Moana hohonu; Kō, ʻohe; Awa; Kalo; Maiʻa; Puaʻa; Niu; Wauke
Kūmole | Source(s)
(1) Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
(2) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods. Rutland, Vt: C. E. Tuttle, 1963. pages 166-151.
(3) Levin, Wayne, Rowland B Reeve, Franco Salmoiraghi, and David Ulrich. Kahoʻolawe : Nā Leo o Kanaloa : Chants and Stories of Kahoʻolawe. Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press, 1995.
(4) Kaopio, Matthew. Hawaiian Family Legends. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Pub., 2003.
(5) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi : Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 2005.
Hoʻopili ʻia i |Applied to: He huliko’a Kanaloa: seeking the depths of Kanaloa; Kane and Kanaloa; Umi, the peasant prince of Hawaii
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai