About Kōnāhuanui
Kōnāhuanui refers to two peaks (K1, K2) in Mānoa Valley.
Moʻolelo of this wahi pana (storied place) tell of the sibling akua Kāne and Kanaloa who lived on this mauna, originally called Waolani, before it was split into two peaks.
Kōnāhuanui is known as the name for two peaks in Mānoa Valley, often referred to as K1 and K2.
In a moʻolelo about Keaomelemele, it was said that these two peaks were originally one mountain named Waolani, or literaly “heavenly mountain place.” Waolani was known as one of the birth places of Wākea and was home to sibling akua Kāne and Kanaloa. One version of the moʻolelo tells of how it was Keaomelemele’s chant (the niece of Kāne and Kanaloa) that split this mountain into two and thus creating Kōnāhuanui and, in the process, Nuʻuanu valley.
Mirroring this imagery of twin peaks, the name Kōnāhuanui is often translated as “large innards,” which refers to the moʻolelo about a giant who cast his testicles at a woman that rejected him.
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