Inoa | Name(s)
ū
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He akua nui ʻo ū, a wahi a kekahi o nā moʻolelo kahiko, ʻO ū lāua ʻo Hina nā makamua o nā akua i hōʻea ma Hawaiʻi maiā Kahiki mai. ʻIke pinepine ʻia ma nā moʻolelo kahiko, ʻo ū lāua ʻo Hina nā makua, me he mea lā ʻo lāua nā mākua o nā kānaka Hawaiʻi. ʻO ū ke akua nāna ke kuleana o ka mana o ke kāne, a ʻo Hina ke akua nāna ke kuleana o ka mana o ka wahine.
Hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo ū ma o kona mau inoa he nui no ka ua e ulu ai ka ʻāina, ka lawaiʻa, a me ka hana hoʻokalakupua, a kaulana ʻo ia no kona pilina i ka hana kaua. ʻO ū ka mea i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i wā i ʻohiʻohi ʻia ai e kahi kanaka i ka laʻau lapaʻau me kona lima ʻākau. Kapa ʻia nā pō kūkahi, kūlua, kūkolu, a me kūpau no ke akua ʻo ū. ʻO ka niu, ka ulu, ka ʻōhiʻa, ka lehua, nā ʻenuhe, nā koʻe, nā loli, a me ka ʻio kona mau kinolau.
Description
ū is one of the great gods and according to some accounts, ū and Hina were the first gods to reach Hawaiʻi from Kahiki. It is often seen in the historical writings, ū and Hina or a version of them are invoked as the parents of various characters, and are seemingly the progenitors of the Hawaiian people. ū is the god who is associated with male energies and HIna is the god associated with female energies.
Various forms of ū were appealed to for rain and growth, fishing, and sorcery, but he is best known as a god of war. When gathering medicine with their right hands, people prayed to ū for success. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth nights of the lunar month were sacred to ū. He sometimes assumed the form of the coconut, the breadfruit, the ʻōhiʻa tree, the lehua flower, caterpillars, worms, sea cucumbers or the ʻio hawk.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo ū, ma ke ʻano laulā.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the god ū in a general sense.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Hina2
Hana | Practice: ɲʻ3; Hana kaua; Holo kai
Kinolau | Form: Niu; Ulu; ʻŌhiʻa; Lehua; ʻEnuhe; Koʻe; Loli; ʻIo
ūmole
(1) Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
(2) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods. Rutland, Vt: C. E. Tuttle, 1963. pages. 224-240; 116-151.
(3) Kaopio, Matthew. Hawaiian Family Legends. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Pub., 2003.
(4) Armitage, Kimo. Akua Hawaiʻi : Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 2005.”ū.”
(5) Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: ; ;
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon; Annemarie Paikai