Kūkāʻilimoku

deity Hawaiian religion single tradition · 1

Kū is worshiped under many names, including Kūkāʻilimoku, the "Snatcher of Land". Rituals for Kūkaʻilimoku included human sacrifice, which was not part of the worship of other gods.

When

First attested
1775 CE
Attested period
1775 – 2010
Historical notes
Colossal statues were reunited at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu in 2010.

Relationships

manifests as
allied with
Kamehameha I

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Kū is worshiped under many names, including Kūkāʻilimoku, the "Snatcher of Land". Rituals for Kūkaʻilimoku included human sacrifice, which was not part of the worship of other gods.”

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