aumakua

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See also: Aumakua and ʻaumakua

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hawaiian ʻaumakua

Noun[edit]

aumakua (plural aumakuas or aumakua)

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.