Kamapua'a

Kamapua'a

. [Beckwith, p. 201.]

A "kapua" (trickster), Kamapuaokinaa is best known for his romantic pursuit of the fire goddess Pele, with whom he shared a turbulent relationship. Despite Pele's power, Kamapuaokinaa's persistence allows him to turn her lava rock into fertile soil.

He is linked with the "humuhumunukunukuapuaa", also know as the reef triggerfish and presently the state fish of Hawaii. [Alameida, [http://books.google.com/books?id=6h0pxYFSqnQC&pg=PA19&dq=kamapua%27a&sig=EIPLEuyw_SHftlTtATmb6GQzUi0#PPA20,M1 p. 20.] ]

Notes

References

*Alameida, Roy (1997) "Stories of Old Hawaii", Bess Press, ISBN 978-1573060264.
*Beckwith, Martha Warren (1970) "Hawaiian Mythology", University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-0514-2.


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