Laʻamaomao
In Hawaiian mythology, Laʻamaomao is the goddess of the wind. She carried a gourd that contains all the winds of Hawai‘i, which could be called forth by chanting their names. The gourd was passed down by La‘amaomao to her granddaughter La‘amaomao; to her granddaughter’s son Paka‘a; to Paka‘a’s son, Ku-a-Paka‘a.
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When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ku-a-Pakaʻa, Raka, Raka-maomao, Ra‘a
- parent of
- Pakaʻa
- consort of
- Kuanuʻuanu
- sibling of
- Maʻilou
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Source passages
“In “The Triple Marriage of Laa-Mai-Kahiki” (Kalākaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii), La‘amaomao is described as a god rather than a goddess. He accompanies Moikeha to Hawai‘i from Kahiki and settles at Hale-o-Lono on the island of Moloka‘i, where he was worshiped as an ‘aumakua, or deity, of the winds.”
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“Pakaʻa was the child of a traveling royal named Kuanuʻuanu and a beautiful common woman named Laʻamaomao. Pakaʻa was then raised by Laʻamaomao and her elder brother Maʻilou”
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