Kū

Hawaiian · deity · primordial · deity

One of the four great Hawaiian gods; god of war and patron of chiefs.

Domains

war
politics rule

Powers

Grant strength and victory in battle

Epithets

Kū-kāʻili-moku
Kū-ka-ʻōhiʻa-laka
Kū-huluhulu-manu

Relations

equated with: Tūmatauenga

Sources

Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1940)

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