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Hawaiʻi had many Rules

12/2/2020

By: Mrs. Haupu

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Supplies

  1. Social Studies Notebook
  2. Pencil

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Table of Contents

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The Kapu System

Spirits of Nature

Social

Classes

The Forbidden or Sacred

Nā Akua: The major spirits

Nā Kānaka: The People

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Spirits of Nature

Nā Akua: The major spirits

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Spirits of Nature

  • Early Hawaiians believed in many natural spirits or “gods”.
  • Mana: Power from the gods
  • Man flowed from the major spirits to humans
  • Each spirit had a name and special powers.
  • Hawaiians prayed and gave offerings to them
  • Kino Lau: many bodies
  • Hawaiians believed they had earthly forms as well.

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Nā Akua:

The Major Spirits

There were 4 major spirits:

  1. Kāne
  2. Lono
  3. Kanaloa

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Kāne

  • Kāne: man or male
  • Called “The leading spirit among the great spirits”.
  • The spirit of creating, ancestor of chiefs and makaʻāinana, forests, fresh water, and sunlight
  • His Kino Lau were bamboo, kalo, ʻōhia lehua, and sugar cane.

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  • : Upright or standing
  • The patron spirit of the major works of men (canoe making, farming, fishing, and more)
  • Took many forms
  • His Kino Lau are breadfruit trees, coconut, ʻōhiʻa, hawk (iʻo)

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Lono

  • Lono: news or report
  • Spirit of fertility, peace, clouds, rain, and winds
  • Last great spirit to come from Tahiti
  • Was the patron spirit of the Makahiki (Fall harvest festival)
  • Lono’s Kino Lau has the features of pigs, gourds, kukui tree, sweet potato, and humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Pig snout triggerfish)

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Kanaloa

  • Kanaloa: secure and firm
  • Spirit of ocean and ocean winds
  • His Kino Lau were heʻe (octopus) and the herb called ʻuhaloa.

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Heiau: Places of Worship

  • Heiau: Place of worship
  • Some small shrines, some large structures
  • Built for special purposes and dedicated to special spirits
  • There are 5 types of heiau:
    • Luakini - built by high chiefs
    • Waihau - made for food crops
    • Heiau hoʻōla - treat sick people
    • Puʻuhonua - for protection/shelter
    • Koʻa - built by fishermen