# Luakini

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{{short description|Native Hawaiian sacred place where people were sacrificed}}
[[File:Kahaluu Heiau.jpg|right|thumb|Hāpaiali{{okina}}i and Ke{{okina}}eku Heiau (above, left) on [Kahalu{{okina}}u Bay](/source/Kahaluu_Bay)]]
In [ancient Hawaii](/source/ancient_Hawaii), a '''luakini''' temple, or '''luakini''' ''[heiau](/source/heiau)'', was a [Native Hawaiian](/source/Native_Hawaiian) sacred place where human and animal blood [sacrifice](/source/sacrifice)s were offered.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In [Hawaiian tradition](/source/Hawaiian_mythology), ''luakini heiaus'' were first established by [Paʻao](/source/Pa%CA%BBao), a legendary priest credited with establishing many of the rites and symbols typical of the stratified high chieftainships of the immediate pre-European-contact period.<ref name="Hokulea">{{cite web|title=Pa'ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/paao.html|website=Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>

List of currently known or reputed ''luakini heiaus'':

[Kauai](/source/Kauai)

* [Wailua Complex of Heiaus](/source/Wailua_River_State_Park)

[O{{okina}}ahu](/source/Oahu):

* [Pu{{Okina}}u O Mahuka](/source/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_Heiau_State_Monument), "Hill of Escape"<ref name="Hawaii_Rasa">{{cite web|last1=Fournier|first1=Rasa|title=Hiking Puu O Mahuka Heiau|url=https://www.hawaii.com/oahu/things-to-do/hiking/puu-o-mahuka-heiau/|website=Hawaii.com|date=27 July 2016 |accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>

[Maui](/source/Maui):
* [Loaloa Heiau](/source/Loaloa_Heiau)

[Big Island of Hawai{{okina}}i](/source/Hawaii_(island)):

* [Pu{{Okina}}ukohola](/source/Pu%CA%BBukohol%C4%81_Heiau_National_Historic_Site) National Historic Site<ref name="Pu'ukohola">{{cite web|title=Chapter VII: Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kona/history7o.htm|website=National Park Service|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref>
* [Mo{{okina}}okini](/source/Kohala_Historical_Sites_State_Monument), birthplace of [Kamehameha I](/source/Kamehameha_I)<ref name=van>Van James, ''Ancient Sites of Hawai{{okina}}i'', 1995, Mutual Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-56647-200-5}}, page 143</ref>
* [Aha'ula](/source/Aha'ula)<ref name="Hokulea" /> (now engulfed by lava)
* Ke{{okina}}eku Heiau on [Kahalu{{okina}}u Bay](/source/Kahaluu_Bay)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoʻihoʻi Kulana Wahi pana - Restoring Sacred Places |publisher= Kamehameha Investment Corporation |year= 2008 |url= http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/about/pdfs/kic_brochure.pdf |accessdate=2009-12-28 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Heiau
Category:Hawaiian religion
Category:Sacrifice

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