Laka

Laka is in Polynesian mythology, especially in Hawaii, the goddess of music, dance, the rain and the patroness of hula dancers. Laka is also the sacred guardians of sunshine and nature. Laka is the daughter or sister of Kapo and the wife of Lono.

Example Hawaii

Laka is revered in Hawaii as the goddess of Hulatanzes and the forest. In other traditions Laka is a male god of Hulatanzes, in turn, is viewed as a manifestation of Lono. In traditional halau Laka are presented on an altar or in a ceremony plants and other gifts. After the Hawaiian tradition of the traditional hula came through two siblings on the islands, both of which bore the name Laka. It was a woman and a man, and some legends bring Laka with fertility and impregnation in conjunction, so that it is also referred to as the goddess of love. The name laka means " gentle, docile, be attracted, attractive ," and there are traditional songs in which Laka is asked both to love and to wealth. There is also a legendary hero who also bears the name Laka and the son of the goddess Pele and her husband Wahieloa came to Hawaii.

Dissemination and forms

Laka is known in similar forms also in the tradition of the people of Tonga, here under the name of Lasa in the Māori as rata, in Samoa as Lata and in the Marquesas Islands as Aka.