Religion:List of figures in the Hawaiian religion

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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

  • 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 - complementary power of Kāne, god of the oceans, consequently the ruler of the Mana.
  • Kāne - highest of the four major Hawaiian deities, The chief of the Hawaiian trinity, which also consists of his brothers Lono and Kū. In contrast to Lono being the deity of cultivated foods, Kane was the god of wild foods and plants like trees, etc. He was also the god of the forests and jungles with all their gifts like wood, medicinal plants and leaves, etc.
  • Kapo
  • Kapu - the code of conduct of laws and regulations
  • Kapua
  • Kaulu - killer of Haumea
  • Kihawahine - lizard woman
  • Kinilau
  • Kū - god of war
  • Laka - goddess of hula & fertility/reproducation, love and beauty, wife of god Lono
  • Lohiʻau - chief of Kaua'i
  • Lono - god of agriculture, and peace.
  • 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 - god of the wind, gatekeeper of underworld, wife of Kaiwa, Mother of Kaha’i
  • Paliuli
  • Papahānaumoku
  • Paupueo
  • Pele - goddess of fire and volcanoes
  • Poliʻahu - goddesses of snow
  • Tuna
  • Ukupanipo - another shark god
  • Wahieloa
  • Waka - lizard goddess
  • Wākea - Sky father father of islands

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