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kūʻula

kikinonoun / kū.ʻula / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Any stone god used to attract fish, whether tiny or enormous, carved or natural, named for the god of fishermen; heiau near the sea for worship of fish gods; hut where fish gear was kept with kūʻula images so that gear might be impregnated with kūʻula mana, usually inland and very taboo.

  • Literally, red Kū.

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Kuula

iʻoaproper noun / KUU-LA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The name of the god of fishermen from Hawaii to Kauai. Hina was his wife and the goddess of fishermen. When the people prayed to Kuula and he would not give them fish, they then prayed to Hina to intercede with her husband.

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Kuula

iʻoaproper noun / kū'-ū'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The name of the god of fishermen in all parts of the Hawaiian islands. Hinahele was his wife and the goddess of fishermen. When the people prayed to Kuula and he would not give them fish, they then prayed to Hinahele to intercede with her husband. See Hinahele.

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God of fishermen. If he did not give them the fish they prayed for, they sought the intercession of his wife Hina, the goddess of fishermen. See ʻAholoa.

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