Editing Kanaloa

 {{Short description|Hawaiian god of ocean, healing and long travels. Name for Kahoʻolawa.}}
{{other uses}}{{Infobox deity
| type = Hawaiian
| symbol = squid or octopus
| god_of = Underworld
| gender = male
}}
In the traditions of [[Ancient Hawaii|ancient Hawai{{okina}}i]], '''Kanaloa''' is a [[God (male deity)|god]] symbolized by the [[squid]] or by the [[octopus]], and is typically associated with [[Kāne]].<ref>{{cite book |id={{Gale|CX3424501290}} |last1=Luomala |first1=Katharine |last2=Chun |first2=Malcolm Nāea |chapter=Hawaiian Religion |pages=3796–3800 |editor1-first=Lindsay |editor1-last=Jones |title=Encyclopedia of Religion |year=2005 }}</ref> It is also an alternative name for the island of [[Kahoolawe|Kaho{{okina}}olawe]].

Kanaloa is also considered to be the god of the [[Underworld]] and a teacher of [[Magic (supernatural)|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 Hawai{{okina}}i, it was [[Milu (mythology)|Milu]] who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related [[Miru (goddess)|Miru]] traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

The '''Eye of Kanaloa''' is an [[Western esotericism|esoteric]] symbol associated with the god in [[New Age]] [[Huna (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 [[Hawaiian religion|Native Hawaiian Religion]]. Native Hawaiians reject "Huna" as a mishmash of Hawaiian elements with European religious metaphysical ideas.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

== As a namesake ==
After Kanaloa, one [[Tribal chief|prince]] was named — he was a son of the Chief [[Kanipahu]] and one of his consorts, either [[Hualani]] or [[Alaʻikauakoko]].

==See also==
*[[Tangaroa]], the [[Māori mythology|Māori god]] of the sea.
*[[Tagaloa]] Samoan mythology
*[[Tangaloa (Tongan mythology)|Tangaloa]] Tongan mythology
*[[Ta'aroa|Ta{{okina}}aroa]] Tahitian mythology
*[[Te Wheke-a-Muturangi]], a monstrous octopus in NZ Māori and French Polynesian lore.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=Beckwith |first1=Martha Warren |title=Hawaiian Mythology |date=1982 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-0514-2 }}
* G. Dumezil, ''Mitra-Varuna'' (MIT Press: Cambridge, 1988).
* P. Turner & C. R. Coulter, ''Dictionary of Ancient Deities'' (Oxford University Press: New York, 2001).
* {{cite thesis |last1=Au |first1=Jane |title=He Hulikoʻa Kanaloa- Seeking the Depths of Kanaloa |date=December 2018 |hdl=10125/62774 |hdl-access=free }}

==External links==
* [http://www.bluecoast.org/kanaloa.html Web's Kanaloa authority]
* [http://kaipalaoa.com/aloha-kanaloa-cultural-festival/ The annual Aloha Kanaloa Cultural Festival in Hilo, Hawaii] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222022710/http://kaipalaoa.com/aloha-kanaloa-cultural-festival/ |date=2015-02-22 }}

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