Inoa | Name(s)
Wākea
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
ʻO Wākea ke akua kāne no ka lani o luna a nāna nō ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi a me nā kānaka ʻōiwi kekahi. Wahi a ke mele koʻihonua i paʻi ʻia ma Hawaiian Antiquities na Davida Malo, hānau mai nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi i kā Wākea noho ʻana me Papahānaumoku.
Aia ma ke mele hānau no Kauikeaouli he paukū no ka hānau ʻana ʻo Maunakea na Wākea a me Papawalinuʻu.
Aia he mau moʻolelo ʻē aʻe no kona noho ʻana me Papa, Hoʻohōkūkalani, a me Hina a maiā kēlā mau pilina mai i hānau mai ka ʻāina a me nā kānaka. Ma kekahi mau moʻolelo, noho ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kanaka kekahi.
Description
Wākea is a male akua of the sky and the progenitor of the Hawaiian islands as well as the Hawaiian people. In the origin chant printed in Hawaiian Antiquities by David Malo, the islands of Hawaiʻi were born from his relationship with Papahānaumoku.
Within the birth chant of Kauikeaouli there is a portion regarding the birth of Maunakea by Wākea and Papawalinuʻu.
There are other stories of Wākea living with Papa, Hoʻohōkūkalani, and Hina and of these relationships were the land and the people born. In some stories he lives as a man as well.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua o Wākea, ka mea nana ka lani, nā mokupuni a me nā kanaka o Hawaiʻi.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the akua Wākea, that who is associated with the sky and is the father of the islands and the people of Hawaiʻi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Papahānaumoku6; Papawalinuʻu7; Hoʻohōkūkalani6; Hina5
Keiki | Child: Hawaiʻi6; Maui; Molokaʻi; Lānaʻi; Oʻahu; Kauaʻi; Niʻihau; Kahoʻolawe; Hoʻohōkūkalani7; Hāloanakalaukapalili7; Hāloa; Maunakea7
ʻĀina | Land/sea: Kalihi (Oahu)3; Kilohana (Oʻahu)6
Kinolau | Form: Lani
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) Kaopio, Matthew. Hawaiian Family Legends. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Pub., 2003. page 20.
(3) Loebel-Fried, Caren. Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2002. pages 11-19.
(4) Alameida, Roy, and Betty Dunford. Nā Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Ka Wā Kahiko = Stories of Old Hawaiʻi. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Bess Press, 1997.
(5) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi : Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 2005.
6) Malo, Davida. Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii). Translated by Nathaniel Bright Emerson. 2d ed. Honolulu: The Museum, 1951.
(7) Maly, Kepā, and Onaona Maly. “Mauna Kea, Ka Piko Kaulana o Ka ʻāina” = Mauna Kea, the Famous Summit of the Land. Hilo, Hawaiʻi: Kumu Pono Associates, LLC, 2005.
(8) Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Papa and Wākea; Papahanaumoku and Wakea
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai