Nuʻu

Template:One sourceTemplate:For In Hawaiian mythology, NuTemplate:Okinau was a man who built an ark with which he escaped a Great Flood. He landed his vessel on top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. NuTemplate:Okinau mistakenly attributed his safety to the moon, and made sacrifices to it. Kāne, the creator god, descended to earth on a rainbow and explained NuTemplate:Okinau's mistake.<ref>"NuTemplate:Okinau" A Dictionary of World Mythology. Arthur Cotterell. Oxford University Press, 1997. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 30 September 2010 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t73.e525</ref> The myth has been interpreted as depicting the hazards of the Oceanian environment and local peoples' ability to withstand them.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Missionaries to Hawaii in the 19th century considered him analogous to Noah of the Bible.

External links

• Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Beckwith
• Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell reference is also viewable on Google Books without subscription: https://books.google.com/books?id=ExuhmHX4dUEC&q=nu%27u#v=snippet&q=nu'u&f=false
• An explanation of the story of NuTemplate:Okinau. Hawaiian Mythology: Part Three. The Chiefs: XXII. Era of Overturning.

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