Kanaloa
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Template:Other usesTemplate:Infobox deity In the traditions of [[Ancient Hawaii|ancient HawaiTemplate:Okinai]], Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is also an alternative name for the island of [[Kahoolawe|KahoTemplate:Okinaolawe]].
Kanaloa is also considered to be the god of the Underworld and a teacher of magic. Legends state that he became the leader of the first group of spirits "spit out" by the gods. In time, he led them in a rebellion in which the spirits were defeated by the gods and as punishment were thrown in the Underworld. In traditional, pre-contact HawaiTemplate:Okinai, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this.Template:Citation needed
The Eye of Kanaloa is an esoteric symbol associated with the god in New Age Huna teaching, consisting of a seven-pointed star surrounded by concentric circles that are regularly divided by eight lines radiating from the inner-most circle to the outer-most circle. Huna, as a New Age religion developed in the 20th century by a Caucasian-American founder, bears no relation to the Native Hawaiian Religion. Native Hawaiians reject "Huna" as a mishmash of Hawaiian elements with European religious metaphysical ideas.Template:Cn
As a namesake
[edit]After Kanaloa, one prince was named — he was a son of the Chief Kanipahu and one of his consorts, either Hualani or Alaʻikauakoko.
See also
[edit]- Tangaroa, the Māori god of the sea.
- Tagaloa Samoan mythology
- Tangaloa Tongan mythology
- [[Ta'aroa|TaTemplate:Okinaaroa]] Tahitian mythology
- Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, a monstrous octopus in NZ Māori and French Polynesian lore.
References
[edit]Sources
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- G. Dumezil, Mitra-Varuna (MIT Press: Cambridge, 1988).
- P. Turner & C. R. Coulter, Dictionary of Ancient Deities (Oxford University Press: New York, 2001).
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