Tuesday, August 17, 2010

What does the hawaiian god named ku represent??

the KU represents ancestral memory or the subconsious

What does the hawaiian god named ku represent??
In Hawaiian mythology K奴 is one of the four great gods along with Kanaloa, K膩ne, and Lono. He was the husband of the goddess Hina (Beckwith 1970:12), suggesting a complementary dualism as the word k奴 in the Hawaiian language means "standing up" while one meaning of 'hina' is 'fallen down.'[1]





K奴 is worshipped under many names, including K奴-ka-ili-moku, the "Seizer of Land" (a feather-god, the guardian of Kamehameha). Rituals included human sacrifice, which was not part of the worship of the other gods. K奴, K膩ne, and Lono caused light to shine in upon the world. They are uncreated gods who have existed from eternity (Tregear 1891:540). Kukailimoku is the actual name of the hawaiian war god not KU.








that is what wikipedia came up with.


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