Monday, March 11, 2013
Museum Monday
Kaleipahoa, the sorcery god. Found in 1852 at Hau'ula Oahu below a cliff outside of a cave it was hidden in. Taken to Rev. John S. Emerson's home. Then gifted to his classmate Rev. Caleb Kimball in Medway, Mass. Later sold and returned to Hawaii in 1886. Made of a peculiar tree only found in the past at the mountains of Molokai, although Nioi trees grow elsewhere like here on Oahu are not poison (A Heiau called Nioi is located behind the Morman Temple at Laie). Caretakers or priests of this image were masters of the craft of poisoning and even held an antidote they could use. The antidote being another wood and rival god of this one, said to have taken another physical wood form at the same time as Kaleipahoa. Scrapings of this image were snuck into a victims food or drink and even shaken over them with a passing Kahili. Enough to kill.
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Christian Yee,
ReplyDeleteI would like to comment on a few things..
1. Kalaipahoa.....is written Kaleipahoa Hawaiian Mythology Beckwith, said to be a sorcery god from Molokai.
2. Nioi Heiau in Laie, my father is from Laie.
3. Kalaipahoa ki`i was discovered in Haula.
4. My fathers father is from Wailua.
5. Consequentially, I may have found Kalaipahoa...in the form of a cloud...dark cloud...I thought maybe it was Ao Polohiwa.
aloha john Kahawaii
Aloha Mr. John Kahawaii. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this topic, as well as your family. I have up dated my wording in respect to you. Would you be willing to share any more knowledge on this or any mo'olele in general? Or just talk story.
DeleteMahalo,
Chris