• Source: Kanaloa

In the traditions of ancient Hawaiʻi, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoʻolawe.
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 Hawaiʻi, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this.
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.




As a namesake


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


Tangaroa, the Māori god of the sea.
Tagaloa Samoan mythology
Tangaloa Tongan mythology
Taʻaroa Tahitian mythology
Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, a monstrous octopus in NZ Māori and French Polynesian lore.




References






Sources


Beckwith, Martha Warren (1982). Hawaiian Mythology. 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).
Au, Jane (December 2018). He Hulikoʻa Kanaloa- Seeking the Depths of Kanaloa (Thesis). hdl:10125/62774.




External links


Web's Kanaloa authority
The annual Aloha Kanaloa Cultural Festival in Hilo, Hawaii Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine

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• Kahoolawe
• Agama Hawaii
• Fabaceae
• Mimosoideae
• Umbriel (satelit)
• Dunia bawah
• Kanaloa
• Kanaloa kahoolawensis
• Lord Kanaloa
• Kanaloa (disambiguation)
• Kāne
• Major League Rugby
• Kanaloa-class freighter
• Haumea (mythology)
• Kanaloa manoa
• Babamunida kanaloa