Inoa

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

Akua: (4) Pele

Hana: (1) Hula; Hana lei maile; Ulana ʻieʻie,(4); Hana hoʻōla

Kinolau: (1) Maile; ʻIeʻie, (2); Ahi; Luapele

Kūmole

(1) Pukui & Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary; (2) Fornander, Abraham, Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore, Volume 5 (pg. 248); (3) Westervelt, W. D., Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (pp. 29-35); (4) Kaopio, Matthew, Hawaiian Family Legends (pp. 28-29).

Applied to: Lāka – values of the ancestors; Laka’s adventure,

Created by: Puaokamele Dizon

Edited by: Annemarie Paikai