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