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In Hawaiian mythology, Pakaʻa is the god of the wind and the inventor of the sail.

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In Hawaiian mythology, Pakaʻa is the god of the wind and the inventor of the sail.

In the legend, Pakaʻa was the child of a traveling royal named Kuanuʻuanu and a beautiful common woman named Laʻamaomao. Kuanu'uanu was summoned back to his liege Keawenuiaumi before Pakaʻa's birth. Pakaʻa was then raised by Laʻamaomao and her elder brother Maʻilou, who Pakaʻa was told was his father. Pakaʻa however questioned this, because despite his young age, he was much taller than Maʻilou.

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