Haumea was this, that same woman

Noho ia Kanaloa-akua

She lived with the god Kanaloa

O Kauakahi-akua no a ka lolo

The god Kaua-kahi was born from the brain

Ho‘ololo ka hanauna a ia wahine

Born from the brain were the offspring of that woman

Born is Lailai, a female

Hanau Kii, he kane

Born is Kii, a man

Hanau o Kanaloa, o ka hee haunawela

Born is Kanaloa, the hot striking octopus

Kanaloa is uniquely associated with an island kinolau: Kahoʻolawe. I included a photo of the island, a Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana poster from their 1970s movement to stop bombing there, and an oli koʻihonua describing Kanaloa’s birth as the placenta of Papa, which becomes the island. From Kumulipo, I shared lines describing Kanaloa’s birth as an octopus and pairing with Haumea, as discussed in Nā Wahine Kapu.

Three nights are kapu to Kanaloa—Kāloakūkahi, Kāloakūlua, and Kāloapau—used for healing ceremonies. I included an image of two kiʻi from Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau, representing Kāne and Kanaloa (as Kiei and Hālō). Hālō can mean “to peer,” “fins,” or the “motion of fins or hands in swimming”—fitting for an akua of ocean kinolau.

I also highlighted his kinolau ʻawa, used ceremonially and socially, and included a photo of Hōkūleʻa and the Hawaiian star compass to honor Kanaloa as a guardian of navigators.