Hawaiian mythology

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Hawaiian mythology is the traditional body of sacred stories, deities, and cosmological beliefs of the Native Hawaiian people, explaining the origins of the islands, natural phenomena, and cultural practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythology
oral tradition
religious tradition
countryOfOrigin Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaii
ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
explains cultural practices
natural phenomena
origins of the Hawaiian Islands
hasComponent chants
cosmological beliefs
creation stories
deities
genealogies
prayers
ritual practices
sacred stories
hasConcept akua
kapu
kupua
mana
moʻo
spirit world
ʻaumākua
hasDeity Haumea
Hina
Hiʻiaka
Kamohoaliʻi
Kanaloa
Kapo
Kāne
Kāne Milohai
linked to: Ku

Kūʻula
Laka
Lono
Papa
Pele
Wākea
hasLanguage Hawaiian language
hasMythologicalFigure Hina-keahi
linked to: Hina-‘a

Kamapuaʻa
Māui
Niheu
hasSourceType 19th-century written accounts
missionary records
native Hawaiian historians’ writings
oral literature
influenced Hawaiian land use practices
Hawaiian law and kapu system
Hawaiian royal genealogies
Hawaiian social structure
partOf Native Hawaiian culture
linked to: Hawaiian
relatedTo Hawaiian cosmology
Hawaiian religion
Polynesian navigation traditions
transmittedBy hula
mele
moʻolelo
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Namaka nameOrigin Hawaiian mythology
Wākea religion Hawaiian religion
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Hina worshippedIn Hawaiian mythology
Hina appearsIn Hawaiian legends of the moon
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kāne-nui-akea pantheon Hawaiian pantheon
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kāne Milohai culture Hawaiian mythology
Kāne Milohai religion Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kane memberOf Hawaiian pantheon
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Hawaiian creation chants culturalContext Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Namaka culture Hawaiian mythology
subject linked to: Namaka (Hawaiian water spirit)
Kohelepelepe hasCulturalSignificanceIn Hawaiian mythology
Hāloa mythology Hawaiian mythology
Tongan mythology relatedTo Hawaiian mythology
Kaʻahumanu convertedFrom Hawaiian traditional religion
linked to: Hawaiian mythology