Inoa

Wākea

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO Wākea ke akua kāne no ka lani o luna a nāna nō ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi a me nā kānaka ʻōiwi kekahi. Wahi a ke mele koʻihonua i paʻi ʻia ma Hawaiian Antiquities na Davida Malo, hānau mai nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi i kā Wākea noho ʻana me Papahānaumoku. Aia ma ke mele hānau no Kauikeaouli he paukū no ka hānau ʻana ʻo Maunakea na Wākea a me Papawalinuʻu. Aia he mau moʻolelo ʻē aʻe no kona noho ʻana me Papa, Hoʻohōkūkalani, a me Hina a maiā kēlā mau pilina mai i hānau mai ka ʻāina a me nā kānaka. Ma kekahi mau moʻolelo, noho ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kanaka kekahi.

Description 

Wākea is a male akua of the sky and the progenitor of the Hawaiian islands as well as the Hawaiian people. In the origin chant printed in Hawaiian Antiquities by David Malo, the islands of Hawaiʻi were born from his relationship with Papahānaumoku. Within the birth chant of Kauikeaouli there is a portion regarding the birth of Maunakea by Wākea and Papawalinuʻu. There are other stories of Wākea living with Papa, Hoʻohōkūkalani, and Hina and of these relationships were the land and the people born. In some stories he lives as a man as well.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua o Wākea, ka mea nana ka lani, nā mokupuni a me nā kanaka o Hawaiʻi.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to the akua Wākea, that who is associated with the sky and is the father of the islands and the people of Hawaiʻi.

Moʻokūʻauhau

Akua: Papahānaumoku (6); Papawalinuʻu (7); Hoʻohōkūkalani (6); Hina (5)

Akua: Keiki: (6) Hawaiʻi; Maui; Molokaʻi; Lānaʻi; Oʻahu; Kauaʻi; Niʻihau; Kahoʻolawe; (7) Hoʻohōkūkalani (kaikamahine); (7) Hāloanakalaukapalili; Hāloa; (7) Maunakea

ʻĀina: (3) Kalihi (Oahu); (6) Kilohana (Oʻahu)

Kinolau: Lani

Kūmole

(1) Pukui & Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary, (2) Kaopio, Matthew, Hawaiian Family Legends (pg. 20); (3) Loebel-Fried, Caren, Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits (pp. 11-19) (4) Alameida & Dunford. Na Moolelo Hawaii O Ka Wa Kahiko. (5) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and their stories (6) Malo, David. Hawaiian Antiquities (7) Maly, Kepa & Maly, Onaona. Mauna Kea- Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ʻĀina (8) Beckwith. Hawaiian Mythology.

Applied to: Papa and Wākea; Papahanaumoku and Wakea

Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai