Luakini
Native Hawaiian sacred place where people were sacrificed
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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]
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.[1]
List of currently known or reputed luakini heiaus:
- Puʻu O Mahuka, "Hill of Escape"[2]
Maui:
- Puʻukohola National Historic Site[3]
- Moʻokini, birthplace of Kamehameha I[4]
- Aha'ula[1] (now engulfed by lava)
- Keʻeku Heiau on Kahaluʻu Bay[5]
