Kuhimana (god)

For a Hawaiian chief of Maui, see Kuhimana.

In Hawaiian mythology, Kuhimana was a god of soothsayers.[1]

Historian David Malo said that "soothsayers and those who studied the signs of the heavens (kilokilo) worshipped the god Kuhimana."[2]

He was also called god of astrologers.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kū Kanaka, Stand Tall: A Search for Hawaiian Values by George Huʻeu Kanahele
  2. ↑ David Malo, Hawaiian antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii)


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