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They rarely killed sharks, who were the aumakua, or guardian spirits, of certain clans.
Mindy Pennybacker: Food Rule 5-0: Go Whole Hog; Never Eat Wild Predators 2010
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In contrast, he noted sharks are deeply ingrained in Hawaiian culture as ancestral gods, or aumakua, and are featured prominently in ancient legends.
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Sparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua president, said: "To connect with our ancestors, 'aumakua [family gods] and akua [gods], we have to be able to walk up to cultural sites, oli [chant] and present ho'okupu [offerings]."
Native Hawaiian Group Sues Army Over Access To Religious Sites Howard M. Friedman 2008
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Na akua aumakua o ka poe kahuna kalai waa, p. 216. nae, the farther side, p. 116. na-u, jessamine, gardenia. noa, pertaining to the lower class of people, p. 135.
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After living for a time at Hana Aiai left that place and went among the different islands of the group establishing fishing ko'as (_ko'a aina aumakua_).
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He dreamed one night that he saw its spirit, which told him that his _aumakua_ (god) had been killed at Hana, so he came to see with his own eyes where this had occurred.
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This trio were called by the old people the gods of the canoe-making priests -- "_Na akua aumakua o ka poe kahuna kalai waa. _"
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Her forms of activity, corresponding to her different metamorphoses, were numerous, in one of which she was at times "employed by the _kahuna_ [30] as a messenger in their black arts, and she is claimed by many as an _aumakua, _" [31] said to be the sister of Kalai-pahoa, the poison god.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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In contrast, he noted sharks are deeply ingrained in Hawaiian culture as ancestral gods, or aumakua, and are featured prominently in ancient legends.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Known as an aumakua or family god, the shark is revered by native Hawaiians as both a deity and protector.
Latest Articles KHON 2010
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