Kumulipo
A genealogical chant showing the moʻokūʻauhau (genealogy) of the kanaka maoli.
What is the Kumulipo?
He documented the genealogies of Palikū, Lolo, Puahune, and Kapōhihi.
Who is David Malo?
It is the “many forms taken by a supernatural body,” that the Hawaiian Akua can manifest into.
What is kinolau?
The child born to an Akua and kanaka.
What is an ‘Aumākua?
The sharing of resources that created a social system that ensured survival from generation to generation.
What is an ahupua'a?
The darkness, the age of spirits & ancestors (the first 8 time periods).
What is Po?
The islands that composed the "Northern Kingdom" of Hawaii.
What is Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Molokaʻi?
The four main akua in Hawaiian religion.
Who is Kū, Lono, Kane, and Kanaloa?
Pele’s brother and the one who is called upon when bodies are dedicated to become Manō ʻAumākua.
Who is Kamohoaliʻi?
Land to Hawaiians was.
What are Akua, ancestor, and provider?
Arrival of light and the age of humans (last 8 time periods).
What is Ao?
A high priest from Sāmoa who arrived in Hawaiʻi around 1100AD with a chief of “pure blood” to rule over Hawaii Island and brought with him six instrumental things that forever changed the islands.
Who is Paʻao?
Known by some as the first Akua to come to Hawaii.
Who is Kū and Hina?
When the bones of a deceased family member are preserved and worshiped/dedicated to an Akua, and the deceased takes on this form that is recognized by the family through a marking.
What is kakuʻai?
The Hawaiian name for Archipelago.
What is Ka Pae ‘Āina o Hawai‘i?
Born are the nibblers of the earth, the mouse and flea.
What is the sixth wa?
He divided the land into the ahupua’a system.
Who is Maʻilikūkahi?
A list of the kinolau of Kū.
What is niu (coconut), ulu (breadfruit), ‘Io (hawk), pulupulu (various ferns), ʻieʻie (vine), ʻOhia Lehua Tree, kokoʻi (adz), caterpillars and worms, and loli & puhi (ocean forms)?
The traditional forms that an ʻAumākua can take on.
What is ʻalalā (crow), manō (shark), pueo (owl), heʻe (octopus), moʻo (lizard), puhi (eel), ʻiole liʻiliʻi (fieldmice), peʻelua (caterpillar), mea kanu (plant), and pōhaku (rock)?
A sliver of land in the ahupua‘a system.
What is an ‘ili?
Man is born in the last wā.
What is the sixteenth wa?
He was Mo'i of Maui, brother-husband of Kauwahine, and biological father of Kamehameha I.
Who is Kahekilinuiʻahumanu?
He was the god of the deep ocean and the ocean winds.
Who is Kanaloa?
An owl from Maui who brings souls back to life who are wandering on the plains.
Who is Pueonuiakea?
A mele that takes the listener on a tour of the island of Hawaiʻi through its larger districts.
What is Hilo Hanakahi?