Aloha kakahiaka kaou (Good morning everyone) Well today & rest of the week we are going to learn about the 4 main Tiki Gods being Kane, kanaloa, ku & lono. I f you missed what these Gods are about scroll down to Fridays post where it shows them. Today i share about the God Kane (kah-neh).Kane– Ancient Tiki God of Light and Life *****KANE was the leading god among the great gods named by the Hawaiians at the time of the arrival of the missionaries in the islands. He represented the god of procreation and was worshiped as ancestor of chiefs and commoners. The genealogy of Kane is variously given in Hawaiian traditions. Kamakau says Kane, along with Lono and Ku, was the god of human creation; Papa and Wakea appear twenty-eight generations later. According to the possibly late edition of the Kumuhonua legend, Kane formed the three worlds: the upper heaven of the gods, the lower heaven above the earth, and the earth itself as a garden for mankind; the latter he furnished with sea creatures, plants, and animals, and fashioned man and woman to inhabit it. In Hawaiian mythology, Kane Milohai is the father of the tiki gods Ka-moho-alii, Pele (whom he exiled to Hawaii), Kapo, Namaka and Hiiaka by Haumea. He created the sky, earth and upper heaven and gave Kumu-Honua the garden. He owned a tiny seashell that, when placed on the oceans waves, turned into a huge sailboat. The user of the boat had merely to state his destination and the boat took him there. In agricultural and planting traditions, Kane was identified with the sun. The word Kane alone means man. As a creative force, Kane was the heavenly father of all men. As he was the father of all living things, he was a symbol of life in nature. Kane is said to have brought kalo (taro) the main food crop, and other cultivated plants (coconuts, breadfruit, awa (kava shrub w/ heart shaped leaves used for narcotic drink),and wauke (mulberry tree, used to make tapa cloth)) to Hawaii. A prayer to accompany an offering to Kane of kalo and awa leaves goes as follows: O Kane, O Kane-of-the-water-of-life; Here is the taro leaf, our first awa leaf; Turn back and eat, O god; May my family also eat, The pigs eat, The dogs eat. Grant success to me, your offspring, In farming, in fishing, in house-building, Until I am bent with age, blear-eyed as a rat, yellow as a hala leaf, And reach advanced old age; This is the life that is yours to grant. Amama, the kapu is freed; the prayer has gone on its way. Aloha mai oukou (My great love to you all)~Aunty Dina
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:28:07 +0000
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