Inoa | Name(s)
Papa; Papa-hānau-moku2; Haumea5
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He akua wahine ‘o Papahānaumoku. Kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia ʻo Papa. He hānau wawā ʻo ia o Haumea. Pili lāua i ka honua.
Kaulana ka noho ʻana o Papa lāua ʻo Wākea. Na lāua nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, Lehua a me Kaʻula. Na lāua hoʻi ke akua wahine ʻo Hoʻohōkūkalani.
Ua noho pū lāua ma Kalihi, Oʻahu a me Kilohana ma Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu. Ma laila, ua kālai ʻia ke kiʻi akua ʻo Kāmehaʻikana, he kiʻi akua na Papa lāua o Haumea.
Ua noho pū hoʻi ʻo Papa lāua ʻo Lua, a na lāua ka mokupuni o Oʻahu. Eia ke kumu e kapa ʻia ai kēia mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu a Lua. ʻŌlelo ʻia na Papa nā akua wāhine ʻo Kapōʻulakīnaʻu a me Laka.
E like me Haumea, pili ʻo Papa i ke kumu ʻulu. ʻO ka puaʻa hiwa, ka ʻawa ʻeleʻele, a me ka iʻa ʻula, he mau hoʻokupu kūpono no Papa.
Description
Papahānaumoku is a Hawaiian goddess. She is also called Papa. She is a reincarnation of Haumea. The two are associated with the earth.
Papa famously lived together with Wākea. They were the progenitors of the islands Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, Lehua and Kaʻula They also are the parents of the goddess Hoʻohokūkalani.
The two lived in Kalihi, Oʻahu and at Kilohana in Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu. There, the kiʻi akua Kāmehaʻikana was carved, a kiʻi akua of Papa and Haumea.
Papa also lived with Lua and they were the progenitors of the island of Oʻahu. This is why this island is called “Oʻahu a Lua. It is said that Papa is the mother of goddesses Kapōʻulakīnaʻu and Laka.
Like Haumea, Papa is associated with the ʻulu tree. The black pig, black ʻawa, and red fish are appropriate offerings to Papa
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua wahine o Papa.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the female akua Papa.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Wākea1; Kaula2; Lua; Haumea5
Keiki | Child: Hawaii2; Maui; Lānaʻi; Oʻahu; Molokini; Niʻihau; Lehua; Kaʻula; Kahoʻolawe; Hoʻohōkūkalani; Kapōʻulakīnaʻu
ʻĀina | Land/sea: Kalihi Valley3; Kilohana6
Kinolau | Form: Kumu ʻulu3
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) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods. Rutland, Vt: C. E. Tuttle, 1963. pages 152-162.
(6) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu. Rutland, Vt: C.E. Tuttle, 1963. pages 23-31.
Hoʻopili ʻia i |Applied to: Papa and Wākea; Papahanaumoku and Wakea
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Annemarie Paikai