Kū
A major Hawaiian god associated with war, masculinity, and craftsmanship.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Documented in 1907 Legends of Hawaii as one of three major creator deities.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Laka, Kihawahine, ʻaumakua, kupua, ka lau, ke kini akua, nā ʻunihipili, nā ʻaumākua, Hina, Kāne Milohai, Ka-moho-aliʻi, Papahānaumoku, Wākea, Hoʻohokukalani, Po, Haloa, Haumea, Pele, Nāmaka, Hiʻiaka, Kapo, Lono
- aspect of
- ke kanahā
- associated with
- Kanaloa
- served by
- Menehune
- creator of
- Menehune, Wela'ahilaninui
- manifested by
- Kūkāʻilimoku
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The major early gods reflected these characteristics, as the early Hawaiians worshiped Kāne (the god of the sky and creation), Kū (the god of war and male pursuits), Lono (the god of peace, rain, and fertility) and Kanaloa (the god of the ocean).”
#239 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Hale o Papa are often built in connection with luakini, or 'men's temples' (places of 'official' ceremony, which are primarily dedicated to the gods Kū and Lono).”
#32495 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Sensing Kāne's presence, Lono and then Kū also pulled themselves free of Po...Kū brought substance. Between them, they created all the lesser Gods...man was made in the image of Kāne by the hands of Ku”
#32527 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The word kāne alone means "man", and Kāne is one of the four major Hawaiian deities along with Kanaloa, Kū, and Lono.”
#32542 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He was one of the four gods (with Kū, Kāne, and Kāne's twin brother Kanaloa) who existed before the world was created.”
#32577 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5