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A statue of Hawaiian deity. 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 ...
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In Hawaiian mythology, Pakaʻa is the god of the wind and the inventor of the sail. [1] In the legend, Pakaʻa was the child of a traveling royal named Kuanuʻuanu and a beautiful common woman named Laʻamaomao. Kuanu'uanu was summoned back to his liege Keawenuiaumi before Pakaʻa's birth. Pakaʻa was then raised by Laʻamaomao and her elder ...
Alekoko "Menehune" fishpond Menehune bank from 1946. Made for Bank of Hawaii as a promotional giveaway to encourage island children to save their pennies.. Menehune are a mythological race of dwarf people in Hawaiian tradition who are said to live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, hidden and far away from human settlements.
R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989). M. Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (Yale University Press: New Haven, 1940). This article about a deity is a stub .
The female gender of the wind deity in the Paka‘a story seems to be a Hawaiian development as the wind deity in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra‘a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand). [1] The male version of the wind divinity was said to be created in the midst of chaos by his father, the sun god.
In Hawaiian prose and chant, the term "Kahiki" is applied in reference to any land outside of Hawaii: the linguistic root is conclusively derived from Tahiti. "Upolu" point to actual places in Samoa ; and, Hawaiian scholars and royal commentators consistently claim Paʻao came from Samoa.
In the Hawaiian religion, Papahānaumoku is the mother of the islands and creator of life. According to the ancient myths, Papa is the wife of Wākea , son of the god Kahiko . Wākea is the Father Sky in the Hawaiian religion [ 5 ] and a personification of the male creative power.