{{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]] In ancient Hawaii, a '''luakini''' temple, or '''luakini''' ''heiau'', was a Native Hawaiian sacred place where human and animal blood sacrifices were offered.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
In Hawaiian tradition, ''luakini heiaus'' were first established by Paʻao, 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'':
* Pu{{Okina}}u O Mahuka, "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: * Loaloa Heiau
Big Island of Hawai{{okina}}i:
* Pu{{Okina}}ukohola 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, birthplace of 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<ref name="Hokulea" /> (now engulfed by lava) * Ke{{okina}}eku Heiau on Kahalu{{okina}}u 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== {{reflist}}
Category:Heiau Category:Hawaiian religion Category:Sacrifice
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