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There are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood.<ref>{{cite book|author=Abraham Fornander|title=Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dNbjQ1DBB0C&pg=PA323|year=1920|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|page=323}}</ref>
There are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood.<ref>{{cite book|author=Abraham Fornander|title=Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dNbjQ1DBB0C&pg=PA323|year=1920|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|page=323}}</ref>


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* {{okina}}Anā{{okina}}anā: one who "practices evil sorcery by means of prayer".<ref name="definition for ʻanā.ʻanā">{{cite web|title=Page 24 āna - ʻana.puʻu|url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-Anaana-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.3.1.24&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* Hoopiopio:
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* Ho{{okina}}ounāunā: one who can send spirits to cause an illness.
* Hookomokomo:
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* Po{{okina}}i {{okina}}Uhane: one who can catch a spirit and force it to do its bidding.<ref name="HandyDavis2012">{{cite book|author1=E.S. Craighill Handy|author2=Davis|title=Ancient Hawaiian Civilization: A Series of Lectures Delivered at THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT252|date=2012-12-21|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-0438-9|pages=252–}}</ref>
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* Lapa{{okina}}au: one who practices procedures of medicinal healing.<ref name="Lapaau">{{cite web|title=About Laʻau Lapaʻau, and Lapaau.org|url=http://lapaau.org/about/|website=lapaau.org|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* Kuhikuhi pu{{okina}}uone (literally "to direct divination"): one who locates the site for the construction of [[heiau]], or temples.<ref name="kuhikuhi definition">{{cite web|title=Page 173 kū.hala.kai - kū.hipa|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc211.pdf|website=Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* Kuhikuhi pu{{okina}}uone (literally "to direct divination"): one who locates the site for the construction of [[heiau]], or temples.<ref name="kuhikuhi definition">{{cite web|title=Page 173 kū.hala.kai - kū.hipa|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc211.pdf|website=Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* Onconcihouua:
* kilokilo: one who divines and predicts future events, a prophet.<ref name="definition for kilokilo">{{cite web|title=Page 446 fond - founder|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-kilokilo-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.4.6.7&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* kilokilo: one who divines and predicts future events, a prophet.<ref name="definition for kilokilo">{{cite web|title=Page 446 fond - founder|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-kilokilo-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.4.6.7&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
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* Ho{{okina}}ounāunā: one who can send spirits to cause an illness.
* {{okina}}Anā{{okina}}anā: one who "practices evil sorcery by means of prayer".<ref name="definition for ʻanā.ʻanā
">{{cite web|title=Page 24 āna - ʻana.puʻu
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|url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-Anaana-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.3.1.24&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* Nānāuli: one who studies natural signs, like clouds, rains, and winds.<ref name="definition for nā.nā uli">{{cite web|title=Page 261 nana.au - nani
* Nānāuli: one who studies natural signs, like clouds, rains, and winds.<ref name="definition for nā.nā uli">{{cite web|title=Page 261 nana.au - nani
|url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-Nana-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.3.8.5&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
|url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-Nana-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.3.8.5&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>

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* Po{{okina}}i {{okina}}Uhane: one who can catch a spirit and force it to do its bidding.<ref name="HandyDavis2012">{{cite book|author1=E.S. Craighill Handy|author2=Davis|title=Ancient Hawaiian Civilization: A Series of Lectures Delivered at THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT252|date=2012-12-21|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-0438-9|pages=252–}}</ref>
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* Lapa{{okina}}au: one who practices procedures of medicinal healing.<ref name="Lapaau">{{cite web|title=About Laʻau Lapaʻau, and Lapaau.org|url=http://lapaau.org/about/|website=lapaau.org|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>


To master all ten made one a ''kahuna nui'' or high priest.<ref name="Fornander1920" /> ''Kahuna nui'' usually lived in places such as [[Waimea Valley]], which is known as the "Valley of the Priests". They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea.<ref name="Valley_of_the_Priests">{{cite web |title=Waimea Valley |url=http://www.hawaiipictureoftheday.com/waimea-valley/ |website=Hawaii.com |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="waimeavalley">{{cite web|title=History of Waimea Valley|url=https://www.waimeavalley.net/about/view/history-of-waimea-valley-botanical-gardens|website=Waimeavalley.net|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Hewahewa]], a direct descendant of [[Paʻao]], was a ''kahuna nui'' to [[Kamehameha I]]. A contemporary, [[Leimomi Mo'okini Lum]] is a Kahuna Nui.<ref name="Hokulea">{{cite web|title=Pa‘ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/paao.html|website=Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="BizJournal_2004">{{cite news|title=Big Island heiau to host celebration of stewardship|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/06/14/daily81.html|access-date=28 May 2018|work=Bizjournal|date=June 20, 2004}}</ref> [[David Kaonohiokala Bray]] was a well-known kahuna.<ref name="Heinze1991">{{cite book|author=Ruth-Inge Heinze|title=Shamans of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V0KP78wyP0cC&pg=PA42|year=1991|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8290-2459-3|page=44}}</ref>
To master all ten made one a ''kahuna nui'' or high priest.<ref name="Fornander1920" /> ''Kahuna nui'' usually lived in places such as [[Waimea Valley]], which is known as the "Valley of the Priests". They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea.<ref name="Valley_of_the_Priests">{{cite web |title=Waimea Valley |url=http://www.hawaiipictureoftheday.com/waimea-valley/ |website=Hawaii.com |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="waimeavalley">{{cite web|title=History of Waimea Valley|url=https://www.waimeavalley.net/about/view/history-of-waimea-valley-botanical-gardens|website=Waimeavalley.net|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Hewahewa]], a direct descendant of [[Paʻao]], was a ''kahuna nui'' to [[Kamehameha I]]. A contemporary, [[Leimomi Mo'okini Lum]] is a Kahuna Nui.<ref name="Hokulea">{{cite web|title=Pa‘ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/paao.html|website=Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="BizJournal_2004">{{cite news|title=Big Island heiau to host celebration of stewardship|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/06/14/daily81.html|access-date=28 May 2018|work=Bizjournal|date=June 20, 2004}}</ref> [[David Kaonohiokala Bray]] was a well-known kahuna.<ref name="Heinze1991">{{cite book|author=Ruth-Inge Heinze|title=Shamans of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V0KP78wyP0cC&pg=PA42|year=1991|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8290-2459-3|page=44}}</ref>

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For other uses, see Kahuna (disambiguation).
Kahuna (c. 1890)

Kāhuna is a Hawaiian word, defined as a respected person who has moral authority in society; a "priest, sorcerer, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession (whether male or female)".[1]

Background

A kahuna may be versed in agriculture,[2][3] canoe building or any other talent. Blessing new buildings and construction projects, as well as officiating weddings are some of the tasks a kahuna may be called upon to perform by his or her community.[4][5]

Forty types of kahuna are listed in the book Tales from the Night Rainbow, twenty in the healing professions alone, including "Kahuna lapaʻau, medical priest or practitioner", and "Kahuna hāhā, an expert who diagnoses, as sickness or pain, by feeling the body".[6]

There are two main categories of kahuna; craft kahuna, such as the kālai waʻa - an expert canoe maker, and hoʻokele - an expert navigator; vs sorcery kahuna such as kahuna ʻanāʻanā and kahuna lapaʻau (healer).[7]

Kahuna nui

There are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood.[8]

  • ʻAnāʻanā: one who "practices evil sorcery by means of prayer".[9]
  • Hoopiopio:
  • Hoʻounāunā: one who can send spirits to cause an illness.
  • Hookomokomo:
  • Poʻi ʻUhane: one who can catch a spirit and force it to do its bidding.[10]
  • Lapaʻau: one who practices procedures of medicinal healing.[11]
  • Kuhikuhi puʻuone (literally "to direct divination"): one who locates the site for the construction of heiau, or temples.[12]
  • Onconcihouua:
  • kilokilo: one who divines and predicts future events, a prophet.[13]
  • Nānāuli: one who studies natural signs, like clouds, rains, and winds.[14]


To master all ten made one a kahuna nui or high priest.[15] Kahuna nui usually lived in places such as Waimea Valley, which is known as the "Valley of the Priests". They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea.[16][17] Hewahewa, a direct descendant of Paʻao, was a kahuna nui to Kamehameha I. A contemporary, Leimomi Mo'okini Lum is a Kahuna Nui.[18][19] David Kaonohiokala Bray was a well-known kahuna.[5]

King Kamehameha IV, in his translation of the Book of Common Prayer, used the term Kahuna to refer to Anglican priests and Kahunapule to refer to both lay and ordained Anglican ministers.

Craft kahuna were never prohibited; however, during the decline of native Hawaiian culture many died and did not pass on their wisdom to new students. As an example, when the Hōkūle‘a was built to be sailed to the South Pacific to prove the voyaging capabilities of the ancient Hawaiians, master navigator Mau Piailug from Satawal was brought to Hawaii to teach the Hawaiians navigation.[20]

It is often said that the missionaries came to Hawaii in 1820 and made kahuna practices illegal. In the 100 years after the missionaries arrived all kahuna practices were legal until 1831, some were illegal until 1863, all were legal until 1887, then some were illegal until 1919. Since 1919, all have been legal, except sorcery, which was illegal at first, but was decriminalized in 1972.[21]

The first Christian missionaries arrived in 1820. The most powerful person in the nation, Kaʻahumanu, did not convert until 1825. But it was not until 11 years after missionaries arrived that she proclaimed laws against hula, chant, ‘awa (kava), and Hawaiian religion.[22]

Non-Hawaiian uses

The use of the term in reference to surfing can be traced back to the 1959 film Gidget, in which "The Big Kahuna", played by Cliff Robertson (Martin Milner in the TV episode), was the leader of a group of surfers. The term then became commonplace in Beach Party films of the 1960s such as Beach Blanket Bingo, where the "Big Kahuna" was the best surfer on the beach. Eventually, it was adopted into general surfing culture. Hawaiian surfing master Duke Kahanamoku may have been referred to as the "Big Kahuna" but rejected the term as he knew the original meaning.[23]

In the New Age spiritual system known as Huna, which uses some Hawaiian words and concepts appropriated from Hawaiian tradition, kahuna denotes someone of priestly or shamanic standing.[24] The prevalence of these works in pop culture have even come to influence English dictionary definitions such as Merriam-Webster, which now defines kahuna not only as "a preeminent person or thing" but with a secondary definition of "Hawaiian shaman".[25]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ^ "Kahuna". Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Dictionary. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Waipi'o Valley with Kia Fronda 1992". YouTube. Rusty Wright. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ "The Three Kahunas". Kathy Long Artist. Kathy Long. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "David "Daddy" Kaonohiokala Bray" (PDF). US Census. US Census. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b Ruth-Inge Heinze (1991). Shamans of the 20th Century. Ardent Media. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8290-2459-3.
  6. ^ "Hawaiian Dictionary: Page 46 haʻe - -hahau.hia" (PDF). Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library" (PDF). ulukau.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ^ Abraham Fornander (1920). Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore ... Bishop Museum Press. p. 323.
  9. ^ "Page 24 āna - ʻana.puʻu". Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  10. ^ E.S. Craighill Handy; Davis (2012-12-21). Ancient Hawaiian Civilization: A Series of Lectures Delivered at THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-1-4629-0438-9.
  11. ^ "About Laʻau Lapaʻau, and Lapaau.org". lapaau.org. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Page 173 kū.hala.kai - kū.hipa" (PDF). Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Page 446 fond - founder". Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Page 261 nana.au - nani". Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fornander1920 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "Waimea Valley". Hawaii.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  17. ^ "History of Waimea Valley". Waimeavalley.net. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Pa'ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau". Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Big Island heiau to host celebration of stewardship". Bizjournal. June 20, 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  20. ^ Perez, Christina; George KO, Brendan (September 22, 2017). "hawaii hokulea canoe polynesian sailing/". Vogue. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  21. ^ Chai, Makana Risser (2005), Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi: The Traditions of Hawaiian Massage and Healing, Bishop Museum Press, pp. 34, 177–178, ISBN 1-58178-046-X
  22. ^ Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs, p. 298-301.
  23. ^ Hall, Sandra Kimberly (2004), Duke: A Great Hawaiian, Bess Press, ISBN 1-57306-230-8
  24. ^ Serge Kahili King (2014-05-27). Kahuna Healing. Quest Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8356-3107-5.
  25. ^ Merriam-Webster. "Kahuna". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

Bibliography

Look up kahuna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • Chai, Makana Risser Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi: Traditions of Hawaiian Massage & Healing; ISBN 1-58178-046-X
  • Hall, Sandra Duke: A Great Hawaiian; ISBN 1-57306-230-8
  • Gutmanis, Jane: Kahuna La'au Lapa'au - Hawaiian Herbal Medicine [Medical Kahuna], Island Heritage (www.islandheritage.com), 1976, English, ISBN 0-89610-330-7
  • Kahalewai, Nancy S. Hawaiian Lomilomi - Big Island Massage, ISBN 0-9677253-2-1
  • Kamakau, Samuel Tales & Traditions of the People of Old; ISBN 0-930897-71-4
  • Kupihea, Moke: Kahuna of Light -The World of Hawaiian Spirituality, 2001, Inner Traditions International, ISBN 0-89281-756-9
  • Lee, Pali Jae Ho'opono and Tales from the Night Rainbow
  • Malo, David: Hawaiian Antiquities (Mo'olelo Hawai'i), Bishop Museum Press, 1951 (1903)
  • The Kahuna: Versatile Masters of Old Hawai‘i von Likeke R. McBride, ISBN 0-912180-51-X
  • Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the source), by Mary K. Pukui, E. W. Haertig, Catharine A. Lee; # Publisher: Hui Hanai; (May 1, 1980); ISBN 0-9616738-2-6
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-0703-0
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