Laka

Inoa | Name(s)

Laka

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He akua ʻo Laka no ka hula, ka hana lei maile, ka ulana ʻieʻie, a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kona mau kinolau ʻo ia hoʻi ka maile, ka ʻieʻie, ke ahi, a me ka lua pele.

Description

Laka is the akua of hula, maile lei making, ʻieʻie weaving, and healing. Laka’s kinolau are the maile, the ‘ie’ie, fire, and volcanic craters. 

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua o Laka.

Instructions

Use this term for resources related to the akua Laka.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Akua | Deity: Pele4

Hana | Practice: Hula1; Hana lei maile; Ulana ʻieʻie; Hana hoʻōla4

Kinolau | Form: Maile1; ʻIeʻie; Ahi2; Luapele

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) Fornander, Abraham, and Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum. Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore … Honolulu, H.I: Bishop Museum Press, 1916. Volume 5, pages 248.

(3) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods. Rutland, Vt: C. E. Tuttle, 1963. pages 29-35.

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

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Lāka – values of the ancestors; Laka’s adventure,

Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon

Mea loiloi | Edited by: Annemarie Paikai