Inoa

Kanaloa

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He akua nui ʻo Kanaloa. He pilina kona me ka moana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka holo ʻana ma nā waʻa ma ka moana. Pili pū ʻo ia i ka lawaiʻa a me ka loko iʻa. ʻO kona mau kinolau ka heʻe, ka mūheʻe, ka maiʻa, a me ka naiʻa (5). ʻIke nui ʻia ʻo ia ma nā moʻolelo e huakaʻi ana me ke akua ʻo Kāne. ʻO kā lāua hana ma nā moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka huakaʻi ʻana mai ʻō a ʻō ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi e huli ʻana i wai. ʻŌlelo pinepine ʻia no kā lāua inu ʻana i ka ʻawa ma nā moʻolelo. ʻO nā pō mahina o Kāloakūkahi, Kāloakūlua, a me Kāloakūkolu no kēia akua. ʻO kekahi inoa no ka mokupuni o Kahoʻolawe, ʻo ia ʻo Kanaloa.

Description

Kanaloa is a great God. He is associated with the deep ocean, and especially regarding sailing on canoes in deep ocean. He is also assocaited with fishing and fish ponds. His bodily forms include the octopus, the squid, the banana, and the porpoise (5). He is often seen in stories traveling alongside the god Kāne. In these stories, they travel all over within the Hawaiian archipelago and are often seeking out water sources. They drink ʻawa together, and are associated with it.The moon phases Kāloakūkahi, Kāloakūlua, and Kāloakūkolu are so called for this god. Another name for the island of Kahoʻolawe is Kanaloa, presumably for this god as well.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Kanaloa. ʻAʻole kēia ka huaʻōlelo no ka mokupuni o Kahoʻolawe. 

Instructions

Use this term for resources associated with the god Kanaloa. Do not use this term for the island of Kahoʻolawe.

Moʻokūʻauhau

Akua: (2) Anuenue (kaikuahine); (3) Kāne

ʻĀina: (3) Kahoʻolawe 

Hana: (3) Lawaiʻa; (4) Lawaiʻa loko iʻa; Kālai waʻa; Hoʻokele

Kinolau: (3) Heʻe; (4); Kai; Moana hohonu; Kō, ʻohe; Awa; Kalo; Maiʻa; Puaʻa; Niu; Wauke

Kūmole

(1) Pukui & Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary; (2) Westervelt, W. D., Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods 166-151; (3) Levin, Wayne – Kahoolawe: Na Leo o Kanaloa: Chants and Stories of Kahoolawe, (4) Kaopio, Matthew, Hawaiian Family Legends (5) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi 

Applied to: He huliko’a Kanaloa: seeking the depths of Kanaloa; Kane and Kanaloa; Umi, the peasant prince of Hawaii

Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai.