Papa And Wakea Analysis

Kame’eleihiwa was trying to that the story the original Hawaiians beliefs kept them safe for many years. This religion not, only kept them safe, but it was their way of life. They didn’t have many rules but the rules that were established were followed without doubt. The story of Papa and Wakea is the means the way of life the people and was what made up the kapu system. Kame’eleihiwa says that Wakea and Papa are responsible for creating Hawai’i and all that inhabit it. They first created the islands that make up Hawai’i. Their creations did not stop there, together they made a human daughter, Ho’ohokukalani. Papa was very angry and left onto other suitors. Papa and Wakea eventually got back to together but what happened between Wakea and Ho’ohokukalani …show more content…
Their first child together was an unborn baby whom they planted and he turned into a Kalo plant which was the food of the islands. The second son was the first human son, Haloa, who is the first ancestor of the Hawaiian people. This set the three metaphors which is Hawaiian culture. I think Kame’eleihiwa was trying to show what her culture believes and how much it means to her. While some of the things she talked about are against popular beliefs she found no wrong in it. She had grown up around it and her culture is vastly different from the people who own the land now. Caring for the land or ma-lama ‘ᾱina is one of the three metaphors that are important to the start of Hawaiian culture. Not only keeping them safe it brought order to their way of life of living on the island. Everyone had a job and everyone contributed to the community because everyone's job had meaning in society that helped each other out. By doing so everyone was able to get out what they had put in. Everything to them was sacred. Each island was a child for the people to look after and respect. Although each island is individual it was created by Wakea and Papa. Since Wakea and Papa aren’t around it is in the hands the people to take care of their “kids”. This means taking care of the islands, the …show more content…
The kapu system does a lot more than just categories people and even though it does each class has a very meaningful impact on the other classes. So although the kapu system can be taken advantage of it is in place to try to keep everyone contributing to society. By following the kapu system roles the people are following what is expected of them from their gods. The kapu system was very spiritual and had to be followed strictly. A lot of things were banned depending of gender or social class. Punishment could be sought out and one would be ashamed of what they would had done. Mana was the spiritual energy that was very sacred. While it is important to have mana there were special to people to help keep it contained. “By compelling avoidance between persons of extreme rank difference, it reinforced class divisions by protecting mana from contamination while at the same time preventing the mana from harming others.” Every rank in the social class had its own duties. Some were to keep things sacred and others were to support the higher up. They cared and looked out for each other. They wanted to help one another out not set each other back. Like looking after the land for they looked after one another because those two were sacred and