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kūʻula

/ kū.ʻula / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Any stone god used to attract fish, whether tiny or enormous, carved or natural, named for the god of fishermen; heiau near the sea for worship of fish gods; hut where fish gear was kept with kūʻula images so that gear might be impregnated with kūʻula mana, usually inland and very taboo.

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Kūʻula

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

God of fishermen. If he did not give them the fish they prayed for, they sought the intercession of his wife Hina, the goddess of fishermen. See ʻAholoa.

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