Summer Learning Review

What are 'aumākua?

• kūpuna who return to guide and communicate with their living 'ohana

• minor akua

• birds

• another name for elderly people

What do 'aumākua do?

• connect kānaka to Pō and act as guardians

• play tricks on kānaka

• nothing

How do 'aumākua care for their 'ohana?

Who is Kanaloa and what is he associated with?

• The akua for the sky, associated with wind

• Kanaloa is the akua of the ocean. He is associated with the ocean, long distance voyaging, and healing.

• the akua of bees

• clouds

What are some of the kinolau (body forms) of Kanaloa?

Why is Kāne important?

• . Kāne plays a major role in the everyday life of a Hawaiian because Kāne is associated with the forces of nature that give us life.

• because he's an akua

What do Kāne and Kanaloa like to drink together?

• 'awa made with fresh water

• energy drinks

• juice

• milk

Who is Kū?

Kupua! Which of these examples are kupua? Pick all the correct ones!

• Mo'o: freshwater guardian beings that protect and care for springs and streams. They can appear as dragon-like lizard beings or look like kānaka!

• Kamapua'a, the shape shifting wild trickster and sometimes partner of Pele.

• Maui, the superhero of the Pacific nations. He made the sun slow his path in the sky and helps kānaka in various ways.

• Faeries that hide in the forest and trick people into eating their food to keep humans in faerie land forever.

Do you remember the mo'olelo we learned about Laka (akua of hula and the forest with kinolau including the maile vibe) and Kapo (“one in spirit with Laka though their names are two")?

Answer explanation

“This Kapo was a goddess whose temper was violent and vengeful. But when worshipped by dancers and chanters, this same person was the gentle Laka, the spirit of the wildwood. Yet when the kapu of seclusion was disregarded by a student or teacher during the period of devotion to hula training in the halau, the loving Laka quickly changed into vengeful Kapo and smote the culprit. So was the hula respected in the olden times; it was beneficent when rules were kept, yet deadly when they were not.” - Pukui