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Ku-pulupulu: Ku-of-the-undergrowth (pulupulu), fern down/ used In tinder, fire-making; equated sometimes with Lata, ancestor of the menehune people; hence, with Ku-ka-ohi'a-laka, -ln-the-lehua-tree, god of the hula dance, and god in the haku-ohi'a Image on the Ku heiau. KQ-o-lono-wao: KQ-of-the-deepforest (wao, uninhabited by human beings). KQ-a-lana-wao, Ku-aela-na-wao: (Variant of KSi-o-lono-wao, one of the gods of the canoe)• Ku-ka-ohi1a-laka: Ku-of-theohl'a- laka tree (the lehua tree; see Ku-pulupulu, above). KQ-ka-'ie'ie: Ku-of-the-wildpandanus vine (Freycinetla scandens)• Ku-mauna: Ku-of-the-mountain. Ku-holoholo-pali: Ku-sliding-down -steeps (God of canoe-hauling over c l i f f s ). Ku-pepeiao-loa/Ku-pepeiao-poko: Ku-of-long-ears/Ku-of-shortears; gods of the pepeiao or "ears" .of the canoe interior, used as handles for hauling and later for sea supports. Ku-pa'ai-ke'e: Ku-adzing-outthe- canoe (Ku-in-the-reversible adz) . b. KQ as god of husbandry; patronized by farmers. Ku-ka-o'o: Ku-of-the-diggings t l c k . Ku-kulia: Ku-of-dry-farming. Ku-ke-olowalu: Ku-of-wet-farming. Ku-'ula-uka: Ku-of-the-abundanceof- uplands. c. KQ as god of fishing; patronized by fishermen. Ku-'ula-kai: Ku-of-the-abundanceof- the-sea; "red" things in the sea symbolized "abundance" of the sea; sacred to Ku. d. Ku as god of war and sorcery; patronized by warriors/ c h i e f s . Ku-nui-akea: Ku-the-supr erne-god. Ku-ka'ili-moku: Ku-snatcher-ofland; war god of Hawaii, cared for by Liloa, handed down to 'Umi and inherited by Kamehameha from Ka-lani-opu'u; war god of the 'Uni-Kamehameha line of kings of the Mahi clan of Kohala- Hamakua d i s t r i c t. Ku-ke-oloewa: Ku-the-supporter, god of the Maui kings; captured by Kamehameha the Great. Ku-ho'one'enu'u: Ku-pullingtogether- the-earth; god of Pakaka temple of Oahu chiefs and their war god; captured by Kamehameha. Ku-waha-ilo: Ku-maggot-mouth> god who received human s a c r i f i c e s, symbolized as the tongue; kinolau bodies in whirlwind, earthquake, caterpillar, blood; mo'o reptile with "flashing eyes and thrusting tongue." e. 105 as god of healing/invoked with the goddess Hina in Ku and Hina worship. Ku symbolizes the east point of the compass. Hina, as the moon, symbolizes the west. 236