heiaus

The aumakuas were brothers to her when she slipped offerings to them across the altars of the ruined heiaus with a line of prayer that was as unintelligible to me as it was hair-raising.

SHIN-BONES 2010

That very night the burning of the tiki gods and the destruction of the heiaus began.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

That very night the burning of the tiki gods and the destruction of the heiaus began.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

That very night the burning of the tiki gods and the destruction of the heiaus began.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

That very night the burning of the tiki gods and the destruction of the heiaus began.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

The park is rich in remains (88,654 ha are included in Puna-Ka'u Historic District) and particularly so along the coast with native villages, heiaus (temples), graves, paved trails, canoe landings, petroglyphs, shelter caves, and agricultural areas.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States 2009

Bones are still scattered among the rocks on PuuOlai, heiaus are everywhere, and it is impossible to believe that the scope of the construction digs in Makena are not a sacrilege and assault on Hawaiian spirituality.

Is Nothing Sacred, Nothing Holy in Hawaii? 2008

Anyone who hikes to the end of the Makena road lava fields can see the relics of homes and heiaus (temples) — whispers of a once thriving community of people who fished, hunted, worshipped and gathered along the slopes of the mighty Haleakala volcano.

Is Nothing Sacred, Nothing Holy in Hawaii? 2008

Umi, having vanquished the kings of the six divisions of Hawaii, was sacrificing captives in one of these heiaus, when the voice of his god, Kuahilo, was heard from the clouds, demanding more slaughter.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

He built large heiaus, amongst others the one at Kawaihae, at the dedication of which to his favourite war god eleven human sacrifices were offered.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004