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Ikaika (brilliant)
Ikiiki (a goddess, a
Hawaiian month name and therefore probably a fixed star
rather than a planet)
Kaawela or Kawela
('Burning')
Homanalonalo
Iao ('Of-the-dawn',
Jupiter as morning star) |
Ta'urua-of-the-confusion-in-the-sky-with-Hawaii-in-the-rear
Ta'urua-who-struck-the-zenith-of-the-sky
Ta'urua-who-rises-in-the-path-of-the-rainbow |
Poro-hutu ('Round Hutu'
- the name of a tree. The planet was described as
'distinctly yellow in color and slow in movement') |
Kopu-nui ('Great-paunch';
also given to Saturn. Apparently Jupiter and Saturn were
often confused. The attendants of the royal temple at Tahiti
were known as (k)opu-nui, indicating that the word
had a sacred significance.)
Rangawhenua (see
Mars) |
Hua ('Fruit' or 'Egg'; also universally the name for
the full Moon.) |