Friday, March 8, 2024

Hawaiian Goddess and God of the Ocean, Namaka and Kanaloa

Namaka and Kanaloa, Hawaiian Goddess and God of the Ocean

Kanaloa offers a solid foundation of security, strength and health.

Kanaloa channels the Mana of healing.


Namaka's spirit lives within the water and the sacred creatures of the sea.

She is filled with Pono (goodness) and possesses the Mana of healing.

With her arms stretched to the sky, Namaka is standing on the shore of Punaluu Black Sands Beach honoring the Mana (spiritual energy) of the ocean.

Namaka, the Goddess of the Sea rules over the cool, majestic waves of the ocean.

Namaka’s sister Pele, the Volcano Goddess gives birth to new rock formations and land with her hot lava and flaming spirit. Namaka cools the lava with her healing waters allowing it to become newly birthed lands.

In Hawaiian mythology Kanaloa is the god of the ocean and the ocean winds. He is one of the four major gods of Hawaii: Kane, Kanaloa, Ku and Lono. Kanaloa was strongly connected with Kane, the creator of all life. When the people in old Hawaiians built a canoe they would invoke Kane's blessing for the building and Kanaloa's for its sailing.

On their journeys together Kanaloa and Kane would share the sacred drink of 'Awa (drink of the gods). Striking the ground with their staffs they caused hidden springs of fresh water to burst forth.

Ki'is (statues) show Kanaloa wearing a headdress that touches the ground connecting the conscious and unconscious mind, integrating the upper and lower selves.

Statues of Kanaloa feature him with round eyes, unlike those of any other representations of the gods. According to a Kauai tradition, if you could look into the eye of Kanaloa you would see the symbol of Pono (goodness) and be healed. Kanaloa is a healer god. One of his Kinolaus (forms) is the He'e (octopus), which was believed to make sickness flee.

Ka-na-loa means 'grounded'. Kanaloa reminds us 

that a solid foundation brings security, strength and healing.

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