luakini

{{short description|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|date=April 2024}}

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.{{cite web|title=Pa'ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/paao.html|website=Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions|accessdate=27 May 2018}}

List of currently known or reputed luakini heiaus:

Kauai

• Wailua Complex of Heiaus

O{{okina}}ahu:

• Pu{{Okina}}u O Mahuka, "Hill of Escape"{{cite web|last1=Fournier|first1=Rasa|title=Hiking Puu O Mahuka Heiau|url=https://www.hawaii.com/oahu/things-to-do/hiking/puu-o-mahuka-heiau/|website=Hawaii.com|date=27 July 2016 |accessdate=27 May 2018}}

Maui:

• Loaloa Heiau

Big Island of Hawai{{okina}}i:

• Pu{{Okina}}ukohola National Historic Site{{cite web|title=Chapter VII: Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kona/history7o.htm|website=National Park Service|accessdate=29 May 2018}}
• Mo{{okina}}okini, birthplace of Kamehameha IVan James, Ancient Sites of Hawai{{okina}}i, 1995, Mutual Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-56647-200-5}}, page 143
• Aha'ula (now engulfed by lava)
• Ke{{okina}}eku Heiau on Kahalu{{okina}}u Bay{{cite web |title=Hoʻihoʻi Kulana Wahi pana - Restoring Sacred Places |publisher= Kamehameha Investment Corporation |year= 2008 |url= http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/about/pdfs/kic_brochure.pdf |accessdate=2009-12-28 }}