Inoa | Name(s)

Kapōʻulakīnaʻu; Kapō

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO Kapōʻulakīnaʻu he akua pili i hoʻokalakupua. Kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Kapō. ʻO Haumea kona makuahine a he kaikaina ʻo ia o Pele. Ma ka moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, kipa ʻia ʻo Kapōʻulakīnaʻu e Hiʻiakaikapoliopele ma Wailuku. I kekahi moʻolelo, nou ʻo Kapōʻulakīnaʻu i kona kohe i Makapuʻu, i mea e pale ai iā Pele maiā Kamapuaʻa mai. Haʻalele ʻO Kamapuaʻa iā Pele no ka huli ʻana i ko Kapōʻulakīnaʻu kohe, a ʻo kēlā wahi ponoʻī, kapa ʻia ʻo Kohelepelepe. ʻO ka halapepe kekahi o kona kinolau, he meakanu kuahu nō ia no ka poʻe hula.

Description 

Kapōʻulakīnaʻu is a god commonly associated with supernatural power. She is often called Kapō. Haumea is her mother and she is a sister to Pele. In the story of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, Kapōʻulakīnaʻu is visted by Hiʻiakaikapoliopele in Wailuku, Maui. In another story, Kapōʻulakīnaʻu throws her vagina in order to save Pele from Kamapuaʻa’s pursuit. He leaves Pele to seek out the vagina of Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, and that place today is called Kohelepelepe. Halapepe is one of her bodily forms and is a plant placed on the hula altar by hula practitioners.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi 

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, i kapa paha ʻia ʻO Kapō a i ʻole Kapo.

Instructions

Use this term for resources related to the god Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, sometimes called Kapō or Kapo.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Akua | Deity: Kamapuaʻa; Pele; Laka; Hiʻiakaikapoliopele

Makua | Parent: Haumea

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Wailuku; Kalihi; Makapuʻu; Kohelepelepe 

Hana | Practice: Hana hoʻokalakupua; Hula

Hanana | Event

Pale iā Pele mai ke alualu ʻana ʻo Kamapuaʻa ma Kohelepelepe, Makapuʻu, Oʻahu

Kinolau | Form: Halapepe

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 Old Honolulu. Rutland, Vt: C.E. Tuttle, 1963. pages 23-31.

(3) Kaopio, Matthew. Hawaiian Family Legends. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Pub., 2003. pages 28-29.

(4) Emerson, Nathaniel Bright. Pele and Hiiaka : A Myth from Hawaii. Place of publication not identified: [Publisher not identified], 2019.

(5) Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Prayer to Kapo, Genealogy of the Pele Family

Mea haku |Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai.