Kapuku

Kapuku

In Hawaiian mythology, kapuku or kupaku is the magic of reincarnation (see necromancy). The former word means "to restore life" in Hawaiian while the later means "to recover from a nearly fatal illness."

References

*Martha Beckwith, "Hawaiian Mythology" (Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press), 1970:145.
*Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert, "Hawaiian Dictionary" (Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press), 1986.


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