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Ka Po'e Mo'o Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities

Ka Po'e Mo'o Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities

Brown, Marie Alohalani

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Australia & OceaniaWriting InstructionIndigenous Studies

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ISBN10: 0824889959
ISBN13: 9780824889951
Publisher: Univ Of Hawaii Pr
Published: Jan 31 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Tradition holds that when you come across a body of fresh water in a secluded area and everything is eerily still, the plants are yellowed, and the water covered with a greenish-yellow froth, you have stumbled across the home of a mo'o. Leave quickly lest the mo'o make itself known to you!

Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination and into prominent places in many cultures and belief systems around the world. Ka Po'e Mo'o Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities explores the fearsome and fascinating creatures known as mo'o that embody the life-giving and death-dealing properties of water. Mo'o are not ocean-dwellers; instead, they live primarily in or near bodies of fresh water. They vary greatly in size, appearing as tall as a mountain or as tiny as a house gecko, and many possess alternate forms. Mo'o are predominantly female, and the female mo'o that masquerade as humans are often described as stunningly beautiful. Throughout Hawaiian history, mo'o akua have held distinctive roles and have filled a variety of functions in overlapping religious, familial, societal, economic, and political sectors.

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