In Hawaiian mythology, kapuku or kupaku is the magic of reincarnation (see necromancy). The former word means "to restore life" in Hawaiian while the later means "to recover from a nearly fatal illness."
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- Martha Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press), 1970:145.
- Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary (Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press), 1986.
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