in hawaiian mythology, pakaÊ»a is the god of the wind and the inventor of the sail.memoirs of the bernice pauahi bishop museum of polynesian ethnology and natural history, volume 5 in the legend, pakaÊ»a was the child of a traveling royal named kuanuÊ»uanu and a beautiful common woman named laÊ»amaomao. kuanu'uanu was summoned back to his leige keawenuiaumi before pakaÊ»a's birth. paka'a was then raised by la'amaomao and her elder brother maÊ»ilou, who pakaÊ»a was told was his father. paka'a however questioned this, because despite his young age, he was much taller than maÊ»ilou. he then went traveling with the king of kauaÊ»i, pai'ea, to the other hawaiian islands, taking the gord of laÊ»amaomao, which gave him control over the many winds of hawaii. he later served under keawenuiaumi and taught his son, kuapakaÊ»a (or ku-a-pakaÊ»a) to follow in his footsteps. == notes == 
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