Note 4 — Chapter XXV · HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE
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Kuhulu ma. The particle-affix ma indicates that this name, or cognomen rather, comprises a group—in this case a family group—of deities. Under the family cognomen Ku were ranged a large and important group of deities, to whom were given individual appelations appropriate to their functions. Thus, Ku-huluhulu and Ku-ka-ohi’a-laka were deities worshipped by the canoe-makers. Ku-hulu and his set (ma) exercised a function akin to that of the water-carrier. They had charge of the fabled, life-giving water of Kane, Wai a Kane, and served it out according to the needs of men. ↑