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Kahuna
Kahuna (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kə.ˈhu.nə]; Hawaiian: kahuna) is a Hawaiʻian word that refers to an expert in any field. Historically, it has been used to refer to doctors, surgeons, and dentists, as well as priests, ministers, and sorcerers.
A kahuna may be versed in agriculture, canoe building, or any other skill or knowledge area. The term itself kahuna, literally means "keeper of hidden knowledge". It is derived from the word kahu, meaning "caretaker", and huna, meaning "secret". The secrecy over their knowledge has been described as being similar to the Freemasons and the guild masters of medieval Europe. People who came from outside Hawaii distorted and stereotyped the term as a witch or wizard. They may be called on by the community to bless new buildings and construction projects, or to officiate weddings.
Forty types of kahuna are listed in the book Tales from the Night Rainbow, twenty in the healing professions alone, including kahuna lapaʻau, a medical priest or practitioner, and kahuna hāhā, "an expert who diagnoses, as sickness or pain, by feeling the body".
Some of the classes of kahuna as practiced in pre-contact Hawaii are:
A kahuna lapaʻau is a "medical doctor, medical practitioner, [or] healer. lit. 'curing expert'".
According to Fornander, there are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood:
A master of all ten branches could be made a kahuna nui or high priest. Kahuna nui usually lived in places such as Waimea Valley, which is known as the Valley of the Priests. They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea. Hewahewa, a direct descendant of Paʻao, was a kahuna nui to Kamehameha I. A contemporary, Leimomi Moʻokini Lum is a kahuna nui. David Kaonohiokala Bray was a well-known kahuna.
King Kamehameha IV, in his translation of the Book of Common Prayer, used the term kahuna to refer to Anglican priests, and kahunapule to refer to both lay and ordained Anglican ministers.[citation needed] Kahunapulē means Gospel preacher in Hawaiian. Pulē in Hawaiian means prayer, spell or blessing.
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Kahuna
Kahuna (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kə.ˈhu.nə]; Hawaiian: kahuna) is a Hawaiʻian word that refers to an expert in any field. Historically, it has been used to refer to doctors, surgeons, and dentists, as well as priests, ministers, and sorcerers.
A kahuna may be versed in agriculture, canoe building, or any other skill or knowledge area. The term itself kahuna, literally means "keeper of hidden knowledge". It is derived from the word kahu, meaning "caretaker", and huna, meaning "secret". The secrecy over their knowledge has been described as being similar to the Freemasons and the guild masters of medieval Europe. People who came from outside Hawaii distorted and stereotyped the term as a witch or wizard. They may be called on by the community to bless new buildings and construction projects, or to officiate weddings.
Forty types of kahuna are listed in the book Tales from the Night Rainbow, twenty in the healing professions alone, including kahuna lapaʻau, a medical priest or practitioner, and kahuna hāhā, "an expert who diagnoses, as sickness or pain, by feeling the body".
Some of the classes of kahuna as practiced in pre-contact Hawaii are:
A kahuna lapaʻau is a "medical doctor, medical practitioner, [or] healer. lit. 'curing expert'".
According to Fornander, there are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood:
A master of all ten branches could be made a kahuna nui or high priest. Kahuna nui usually lived in places such as Waimea Valley, which is known as the Valley of the Priests. They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea. Hewahewa, a direct descendant of Paʻao, was a kahuna nui to Kamehameha I. A contemporary, Leimomi Moʻokini Lum is a kahuna nui. David Kaonohiokala Bray was a well-known kahuna.
King Kamehameha IV, in his translation of the Book of Common Prayer, used the term kahuna to refer to Anglican priests, and kahunapule to refer to both lay and ordained Anglican ministers.[citation needed] Kahunapulē means Gospel preacher in Hawaiian. Pulē in Hawaiian means prayer, spell or blessing.