NAMAKA

In Hawaiian mythology, 'Namaka' (or 'Na-maka-o-Kahai', the eyes of Kahai) appears as a sea goddess or a water spirit in the Pele cycle. She is an older sister of Pele-honua-mea.^[1] She is the daughter of Ku-waha-ilo and Haumea, whose other children are Pele, the Hiiaka sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird Halulu. Aukelenuiaiku becomes her husband in Kahiki, then later the husband of Pele, and because of this Pele, the Hiiaka sisters, Malulani, and Kaōhelo migrate to Hawaii. In Thrum's Kane-huna-moku myth she is called the chiefess of the Mu and Menehune people when they are summoned to build the watercourse for Kikiaola at Waimea on Kauai (Beckwith 1970:193, 495).
When Pele causes a conflagration by staying too close to the fire god Lono-makua, Namaka drives her away (Beckwith 1970:170). Another legend mentions that Namaka's guardian dog, Moela is reduced to ashes when he touches Aukele (Beckwith 1970:348).

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1. One version states that Pele was born from the head of Haumea, while Namaka was born from her thighs (Beckwith 1970:171).

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★ M. Beckwith, ''Hawaiian Mythology'' (University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu) 1970.

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★ Saiyuuki