Hawaiian narrative or mythology, tells stories of nature and life. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian narrative, developing its own unique character for several centuries before about 1800. It is associated with the Hawaiian religion. The religion was officially suppressed in the 19th century, but kept alive by some practitioners to the modern day.
Prominent figures and terms in Hawaiian mythology[edit]
- Aumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god
- ʻElepaio - monarch flycatcher
- Kanehekili - god of thunder
- Haumea - goddess of birth
- Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne
- Hina - goddess of Moon
- Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kamohoalii
- Kalanipoo - bird goddess Queen
- Kamapuaʻa - warlike god of wild boars, husband of Pele
- Kāmohoaliʻi - bird god King (Kaiiwialii)
- Kanaloa – God of the ocean, working in concert with Kāne[1]
- Kāne – God of male procreation, fishponds, agriculture, sorcery; created world with help from Lono and Kū[1]
- Kānehekili – Thunder god[1]
- Kapo
- Kapu - the code of conduct of laws and regulations
- Kapua
- Kaulu - killer of Haumea
- Kihawahine - lizard woman
- Kinilau
- Kū – God of war, forests, canoe-building, deep-sea fishing[1]
- Laka – Goddess described as both the daughter and sister of Pele[1]
- Lohiʻau - chief of Kaua'i
- Lono – God of irrigated agriculture, peace, and fertility[1]
- Mana - impersonal force
- Māui - ancient hero and chief, demigod, shape shifter.
- Menehune
- Nāmaka - sea goddess and sister of Pele.
- Nanaue - demigod, son of Kamohoalii the shark god, and Kalei, a mortal women
- Nuʻakea - goddess of milk
- Nightmarchers
- Nuʻu - Hawaiian Noah
- Papa - Goddess of Nature
- Paʻao
- Pakaʻa - a god of the wind, gatekeeper of underworld, wife of Kaiwa, Mother of Kaha’i
- Paliuli
- Papahānaumoku
- Paupueo
- Pele – Goddess of volcanoes, frequently described as an aumakua[1]
- Poliʻahu - goddesses of snow
- Tuna
- Ukupanipo - another shark god
- Wahieloa
- Waka - lizard goddess
- Wākea - Sky father father of islands
See also[edit]
- Folklore in Hawaii
- Ghosts in Polynesian culture
- Hawaiian religion
- Māori mythology
- Polynesian mythology
- Samoan mythology
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