Hawaiian goddess Haumea

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Hawaiian goddess Haumea is a major fertility and earth deity in Hawaiian mythology, associated with childbirth, regeneration, and the creation of the Hawaiian people.

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Label Occurrences
Hawaiian goddess Haumea canonical 1
earth mother Papahānaumoku 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawaiian goddess
earth goddess
fertility deity
appearsIn Hawaiian creation chants
Hawaiian genealogical chants
associatedWith childbirth rituals
creation of the Hawaiian people
growth of plants
renewal of life
the earth’s fecundity
cosmicRole embodiment of the generative power of the earth
source of human life
culture Hawaiian mythology
Polynesian indigenous religions
surface form: Polynesian mythology
domain childbirth
earth
fertility
regeneration
epithet Haumea of mysterious forms
Haumea
surface form: Haumea-nui

Papa
gender female
mythologicalType creator deity
mother goddess
parentOf Hiʻiaka
Hiʻiaka
surface form: Nā-maka-o-kahaʻi

Pele
various Hawaiian deities and heroes
power ability to give birth repeatedly
ability to regenerate her body
ability to transform her appearance
relatedConcept continuity of family lines
genealogy of Hawaiian chiefs
sacredness of childbirth
role mother of the Hawaiian people
spouse Kāne
Wākea
symbol breadfruit tree
fertile earth
worshipedBy Native Hawaiians
surface form: ancient Hawaiians
worshipedIn Hawaiian Islands

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haumea namedAfter Hawaiian goddess Haumea
Wākea associatedWith Hawaiian goddess Haumea
this entity surface form: earth mother Papahānaumoku