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Hina is the name assigned to a number of Polynesian deities. The name Hina usually relates to a powerful female force (typically a goddess or queen ) who has dominion over a specific entity. Some variations of the name Hina include Sina, Hanaiakamalama, and Ina. [ 1 ]
Hina-Oio is a goddess of the sea animals in the mythology of Easter Island.She was married to Atua-Metua and represented the mother of all animals of the sea. [1]Hina is a divine figure common throughout the Polynesian narrative, with prominent variants also found in Māori mythology, Samoan mythology, and Hawaiian religion.
The Hina in New Zealand mythology, for example, is associated with the moon, rather than Hinga, "fallen down". Thus, the Hawaiian name "Hina" is likely more connected to the other Polynesian meanings of Hina, denoting a silvery-grey color [4] like that of Mahina (i.e., the Moon in the Hawaiian language).
Tiki Makiʻi Tauʻa Pepe (foreground) and Tiki Manuiotaa (background) from the meʻae Iʻipona on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle) together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.
In Hawaiian mythology, ... she learned to set a hina'i hinalea fishing basket (Craig 1989:95, 218, ... Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, ...
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Māui's next feat was to stop the sun from moving so fast. His mother Hina complained that her kapa (bark cloth) was unable to dry because the days were so short. Māui climbed to the mountain Hale-a-ka-lā (house of the sun) and lassoed the sun’s rays as the sun came up, using a rope made from his sister's hair. [2]
Hina-Lau-Limu-Kala is the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology. References. Robert D. Craig: Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, 1989