Editing Nāmaka

{{Short description|Sea goddess in Hawaiian mythology}}
{{About||the moon of the dwarf planet Haumea|Namaka (moon)|the hamlet in Canada|Namaka, Alberta}}

In [[Hawaiian religion|Hawaiian mythology]], '''Nāmaka''' (or '''Nā-maka-o-Kaha{{okina}}i''', the eyes of Kaha{{okina}}i) appears as a sea goddess in the Pele family. She is an older sister of [[Pele (deity)|Pele-honua-mea]].<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=BqElGaH4DiIC&pg=PA495 495]}}: "She is the daughter of Ku-waha-ilo and Haumea, whose other children are Pele, the Hiʻiaka sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird Halulu".</ref>{{efn|Another version states that Pele was born from the head of  [[Haumea (mythology)|Haumea]], while Nāmaka was born from her thighs, {{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1982|p=171}}.}}

She is the daughter of [[Ku-waha-ilo]] and [[Haumea (mythology)|Haumea]],<!--The article on Haumea claims the Kane was the father. --> whose other children are Pele, the [[Hiʻiaka]] sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird [[Halulu (bird)|Halulu]]. Nāmaka takes  as her husband [[ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū]], who had arrived in Lalakeenuiakane or in [[Kahiki]] (Tahiti), but he later becomes the husband of her sister Pele, and because of this Pele, the Hi{{okina}}iaka sisters, Malulani, and [[Kaʻōhelo]] migrate to Hawaii. When Pele quarrels with her powerful sister Nāmaka , Nāmaka sends tidal waves to destroy Pele's lands and homes. Helped by her family, Pele fights Nāmaka, but Nāmaka defeats her.<ref>From Mary Kawena Puku'i ed. retold by Caroline Curtis  and illustrated by Robin Burningham (revised 1985)[1960], ''Tales of the Menehune'', excerpted in [http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/09/26/features/index3.html How Pele came  to Hawai’i] The Star Bulletin, 26 September 2005. "Based on Westervelt's 'Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes,' taken from Hawaiian newspapers. Also from "Hawaiian Antiquities" by Fornander".</ref><ref>Version of {{harvcoltxt|Haleole|1863}}, reprinted in {{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1919|pp=636–638}}.</ref>

In [[Thrum's Hawaiian Annual|Thrum's]] [[Kane-huna-moku]] myth, Nāmaka is called the chiefess of the Mu and [[Menehune]] people when they are summoned to build the watercourse for [[Kikiaola]] at [[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii|Waimea]] on Kaua{{okina}}i.<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1982|pp=193, 495}}</ref>

When Pele causes a conflagration by staying too close to the fire god [[Lono-makua]], Nāmaka drives her away<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1982|p=170}}</ref> Another legend mentions that Nāmaka's guardian dog, Moela is reduced to ashes when he touches [[ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū|ʻAukele]].<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Beckwith|1982|p=348}}</ref>

==Moon==
[[Namaka (moon)|Namaka]], the smaller moon of the dwarf planet [[Haumea]], is named after the goddess.

==Explanatory notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite book|last=Haleole |first=S. N. |author-link=S. N. Haleʻole |title=The story of Laie-i-ka-wai. The Beauty of Pali-ull, the Woman-of-the-Twilight. Composed from the old stories of Hawaii |publisher=Henry W. Whitney |year=1863}} 

* {{cite journal|last=Beckwith |first=Martha Warren |author-link=Martha Warren Beckwith |title=The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai  |journal=Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1911–1912 |volume=33 |date=1919 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XCNjJ84G-YC&pg=PA636 |pages=285–666}}
* {{cite book|last=Beckwith |first=Martha Warren |author-link=Martha Warren Beckwith |title=Hawaiian Mythology |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=1982 |orig-year=1940 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqElGaH4DiIC |page= |isbn=<!--0824805143, -->9780824805142}}

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