Back on the Main Land

After a nine hour flight and being up for two days the family, familars and I are back in the casa. Lots of work a little play and some local culture made last week a great trip. I have put up some more of the pics of the trip and below I did a little research of the local Dieties.

Major Dieties

Kane - the creator

Ku - the architect and maker of war

Lono - god of peace and prosperity, wind and rain

Kanaloa - god of the ocean.

Gods in the Realm of Death (Po)

Akea - first Hawaiian king who founded a kingdom in the afterlife.

Milu - suceeded Akea.

Manua - supreme soverign of Po, the spirits of chiefs and priests live within him.

Celestial Dieties

Kaonohiokala - dead chiefs are brought to him in the eyeball of the sun

Kuahairo - Kaonohiokala’s messenger

Olopue - a god on Maui who brought the dead chiefs to Kaonohiokala

Pele - Goddess of the Volcano

Pele had five brothers and eight sisters who did her bidding, among them:

Kamooalii - King Moho, the god of steam.

Keuakepo - god of rain of fire.

Hiiakawawahilani - the cloud holder.

Keoahikamakaua - the child of war.

Gods and Goddesses of the Natural World

Laamaomao - god of winds, lives on Molokai.

Hinakuluiau - goddess of rain.

Mooaleo - a gnome who lives on Lanai.

Kuula - god of fishermen - his wife is Hina.

Ukanipo - the shark god of Hawaii.

Moaalii - the shark god of Molokai and Oahu.

Apukohai - shark god of Kauai.

Haulili - god of speech.

Koleamoku - god of the art of healing - patron of the kahunas.

Lakakane - god of the hula.

Mokualii - god of canoe makers.

Ulaulekeahi - god of distillers.

Gods and Goddesses of Arts and Professions

Kalaipahoa - goddess who harms trees.

Kuahana - god who kills men.

Lie - goddess of the mountains.

Kiha - a goddess of Maui.

Uli - god of sorcerers.

Hiaka - a mountain god on Kauai.

Ouli - god who could kill people if prayed to.

Mahulu - names of gods in Lono’s temples.

Puea - a god worshipped in darkness.

Kaluannuunohonionio - a god of a temple’s sacrificial house.