| Nuʻakea | |
|---|---|
Goddess of milk and lactation | |
| Venerated in | Hawaiian religion |
| Gender | Female |
| Consort | Keʻoloʻewa |
In Hawaiian mythology, Nuʻakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation.
This name was also a title for a wet nurse of royal prince, according to David Malo.
Nuʻakea was appealed to, to staunch the flow of milk in the mother's breasts.
There was a chiefess named after the goddess—Nuʻakea, wife of Keʻoloʻewa, chief of Molokai.
Martha Warren Beckwith suggested that Nuʻakea was deified.
According to the myth, Nuʻakea was a goddess who came to Earth and married mortal chief Keʻoloʻewa, but it is known that historical Nuʻakea was born on Oahu.