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Hawaiian goddess of milk and lactation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation.[1]
This name was also a title for a wet nurse of royal prince, according to David Malo.[2]
Nuakea was appealed 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.[3]
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.
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