Inoa | Name(s)
Līlīnoe
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He akua wahine ʻo Līlīnoe pili i ka ua noe ma nā mauna o Haleakalā a me Maunakea. ʻO Līlīnoe kekahi o nā kaikaina o Poliʻahu me Waiau a me Kahoupokāne.
Wahi a nā moʻolelo kahiko, he mana kā Līlīnoe e hoʻokū i ka pele a me ke ahi e kahe hou ana mai mai nā puʻu pele o ka mauna2. Wahi a kekahi moʻolelo he kōkoʻolua pili aloha paha ʻo ia iā Nuʻu, ka mea i hoʻohālike ʻia me Noa ma ka Baibala Kalikiano2.
Description
Līlīnoe is a goddess associated with the mists of Haleakalā and Maunakea. Līlīnoe is one of the younger sisters of Poliʻahu along with Waiau and Kahoupokāne.
According to ancient stories, Līlīnoe had the ability to stop the lava and fires from the cinder cones on mountain2. According to one story she was possibly the wife of Nuʻu, who was compared to with Noah in the Christian Bible2.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili iā Līlīnoe, ke akua wahine a ke kaikaina hoʻi o Poliʻahu.
Instructions
Use this term for resources regarding Līlīnoe, the goddess and younger sister of Poliʻahu.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Poliʻahu1; Nananuu; Waiau; Kahoupokāne
ʻĀina | Land/sea: Maunakea2; Haleakalā; Mānā, Kauaʻi; Puʻu Līlīnoe (Maunakea)
Kinolau | Form: Noe; Dead fires2; Desolation; Snow
Kūmole | Source(s)
(1) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi : Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 2005.
(2) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian. Boston, Mass: Ellis Press, 1916.
(3) 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.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Pele and the snow goddess, Lilinoe, Waiau, and Kahoupokane, “The story of Laieikawai”
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai.