Inoa | Name(s)
Nāmakaokahaʻi
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
ʻO Nāmakaokahaʻi ke kuaʻana o Pele i hānau ʻia mai ka poli mai o Haumea. He akua wahine ʻo ia no ke kai. ʻOiai huhū aʻela ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi iā Pele, huakaʻi maila ʻO Pele a me kona ʻohana i Hawaiʻi. Hahai ʻO Nāmakaokahaʻi iā Pele i kāna huli ʻana i wahi e noho ai ma Hawaiʻi. I kēlā me kēia wahi a Pele i ʻō ai i kona ʻōʻō i kona huli ʻana i wahi e ola ai, hoʻopio ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi i ke ahi a Pele. Ma Haleakalā i hālāwai ai lāua a hakakā ke kai me ke ahi. Pepehi ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi i ke kino o Pele a i kahi i make ai ʻo ia, kapa ʻia kēlā wahi o Kaiwiopele a aia ma Hāna. Ma hope mai, lilo ʻo Pele i akua a haʻalele ʻo ia iā Maui no Hawaiʻi. Noho ʻo ia ma Mokuʻāweoweo, a ma ia wahi ʻaʻole i hiki iā Nāmakaokahaʻi ke hahai iā ia.
Lawe mai ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi i ke kaunaʻoa i Mānā a me ka lei pahapaha i Pilihale ma Kauaʻi. Aia i laila kahi ahu i kapa ʻia ʻo Kalanikeleikekai. Ma Kalanipuʻu, Nāwiliwili, Kauaʻi, kanu ʻo ia i ka ʻawapapa a me ka maiʻa ʻili pakapaka. ʻO kāna kāne ʻo ia ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū.
Description
Nāmakaokahaʻi is the older sister of Pele who was born from the breast of Haumea. She is a god of the ocean. Nāmakaokahaʻi was upset at Pele and that is why Pele journeyed to Hawaiʻi with her family. Nāmakaokahaʻi followed her as she searched for a place to live . At each place that Pele digs into the earth with her digging stick, Nāmakaokahaʻi extinguishes Pele’s fires. At Haleakalā is where the two of them met and a fight between ocean and fire ensued. Nāmakaokahaʻi destroys Pele’s body and at the place that she perishes is called Kaʻiwiopele near Hāna. Soon after, Pele transcends her physical body to become a god and leaves Maui for Hawaiʻi. She finds her home at Mokuʻāweoweo where Nāmakaokahaʻi cannot find her.
Nāmakaokahaʻi also and brought the kaunaʻoa vine to Mānā, and the pahapaha seaweed lei to Pilihale, Kauaʻi. The shrine there was called Kalanikeleikekai. At Kalanipuʻu, Nāwiliwili, Kauai, she planted the ʻawapapa and the rough-skinned banana. ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū is her husband.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi, ke akua o ke kai a me ke kuaʻana o Pele.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the goddess Nāmakaokahaʻi, the goddess of the ocean and the older sister of Pele.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Hiʻiakaikapoliopele1; Kapōʻulakīnaʻu; Kamohoaliʻi; Pele; ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū; Kānemoe2; Kāneʻāpua
Makua | Parent: Haumea1
Keiki | Child: Kauilanuimakaʻehaikalani
ʻĀina | Land/sea: Mānā (Kauaʻi)2; Pilihale (Kauaʻi); Kalanipuʻu (Nāwiliwili, Kauaʻi); Nuʻumealani (Āliapaʻakai, Oʻahu); Āliamanu (Oʻahu); Nāiwiopele (Maui); Haleakalā
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 : The Hawaiian Account of the Formation of Their Islands and Origin of Their Race, with the Traditions of Their Migrations, Etc. Millwood, N.Y: Kraus Reprint, 1985. Volume 4, pages 32-111.
(3) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi : Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 2005. “Nāmakaokahaʻi & Pelehonuamea”
(4) Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Nāmakaokaha‘i; The water of Kane
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon , Annemarie Paikai