It's one thing to say you have aumakua, but did you know that if an aumakua took a shark form that Hawaiians traditionally did not consider every single shark in the ocean their aumakua? Did you? If you are like most Hawaiians you did not. That is the same for any form your aumakua takes. The only aumakua is the one you hanai, feed and care for. Caring for it could include bathing your aumakua, conversing with your aumakua, as well as performing prayers and rituals for your aumakua. The Hawaiian that says that the turtles or the sharks are my aumakua is displaying the greatest displacement. I once did not know this. Perhaps one was taught this displaced idea by their parents and their parents-parents who were also displaced.
When Hawaiians did have an aumakua that took an animal body it was that ONE, PARTICULAR animal. If it was a shark it was that ONE, PARTICULAR shark. Not all the sharks in the ocean.
Hawaiian culture is a discipline. Take yourself seriously.
When Hawaiians did have an aumakua that took an animal body it was that ONE, PARTICULAR animal. If it was a shark it was that ONE, PARTICULAR shark. Not all the sharks in the ocean.
Hawaiian culture is a discipline. Take yourself seriously.
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