![]() Qat and Marawa (Spider) each makes a man. 5 In the Banks islands the same stories are told of Qat and Marawa the spider: 4 On Lepers' island Suqe shares the creation with Tagaro, but makes things wrong. 3 On Whitsuntide island, whatever Tagaro did or made was right Suqe was always wrong. In Aurora, Tagaro makes things and tosses them in the air what he catches is good for mankind, what Suqe catches is evil. In similar stories of opposing creators reported by Codrington from New Hebrides, Tagaro is the good, Suqe the evil wisher of mankind. Kanaloa of the great white albatross of Kane is the name given to him as responsible for driving the first man and the first woman out of the garden spot the gods have provided for them. It is he who seduces the wife of the first man in this version. When Kane draws the figure of a man in the earth, Kanaloa makes one also Kane's lives but Kanaloa's remains stone. The legend places Kane and Kanaloa in opposition as the These spirits are "spit out by the gods." They rebel, led by Kanaloa, because they are not allowed to drink awa, but are defeated and cast down to the underworld, where Kanaloa, otherwise known as Milu, becomes ruler of the dead. In the legend of Hawaii-loa belonging to the Kumu-honua epic account of the Kane tradition, Kanaloa is the leader of the first company of spirits placed on earth after earth was separated from heaven. His name is associated with various legends of strife against Kane in which Kanaloa and his spirits rebel and are sent down to the underworld. This attitude is reflected in a tendency by Hawaiian antiquarians to equate Kanaloa with the Christian devil. Fishermen still solicit his protection, but on the whole the squid is today looked upon with distrust as an aumakua. ![]() 1 In the Kumulipo genealogical chant there appear, during the eighth era which ushers in the period of human life (ao) as distinguished from the period of the gods (po), the woman La‘ila‘i and the three males, Kane, a god, Ki‘i, a man, and Kanaloa, the great octopus. ![]() A prayer quoted by Emerson invokes Kanaloa in this character to heal one under the influence of sorcery:Īnd ends with an excellent objective description of squid catching. He is god of the squid, called in the Kumulipo Ka-he‘e-hauna-wela (The evil-smelling squid). About Kanaloa as a god apart from Kane there is very little information. IN his character as a culture god the name of Kane is generally coupled with that of Kanaloa. Hawaiian Mythology: Part One: The Gods: V. ![]()
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