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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian mythology canonical | 2 |
| Hawaiian legends of the moon | 1 |
| Hawaiian religion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5926622 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawaiian mythology Context triple: [Namaka, nameOrigin, Hawaiian mythology]
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A.
Rapa Nui mythology
Rapa Nui mythology is the traditional body of myths and sacred narratives of Easter Island’s indigenous people, featuring deities like Makemake and explaining the island’s origins, rituals, and cultural identity.
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B.
Hawaiian creation chants
Hawaiian creation chants are traditional Polynesian oral narratives that poetically recount the origins of the cosmos, gods, and Hawaiian people, forming a foundational part of Native Hawaiian religion and cultural identity.
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C.
Māori mythology
Māori mythology is the body of traditional narratives, beliefs, and legends of the indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand, featuring gods, ancestral heroes like Māui, and explanations of the natural world and human origins.
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D.
Haida mythology
Haida mythology is the traditional body of stories, beliefs, and spiritual teachings of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, featuring powerful animal beings, complex origin tales, and rich oral traditions.
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E.
Polynesian indigenous religions
Polynesian indigenous religions are the traditional spiritual belief systems of Polynesian peoples, centered on ancestor veneration, nature deities, and complex mythologies that explain the origins and order of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawaiian mythology Target entity description: 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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A.
Rapa Nui mythology
Rapa Nui mythology is the traditional body of myths and sacred narratives of Easter Island’s indigenous people, featuring deities like Makemake and explaining the island’s origins, rituals, and cultural identity.
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B.
Hawaiian creation chants
Hawaiian creation chants are traditional Polynesian oral narratives that poetically recount the origins of the cosmos, gods, and Hawaiian people, forming a foundational part of Native Hawaiian religion and cultural identity.
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C.
Māori mythology
Māori mythology is the body of traditional narratives, beliefs, and legends of the indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand, featuring gods, ancestral heroes like Māui, and explanations of the natural world and human origins.
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D.
Haida mythology
Haida mythology is the traditional body of stories, beliefs, and spiritual teachings of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, featuring powerful animal beings, complex origin tales, and rich oral traditions.
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E.
Polynesian indigenous religions
Polynesian indigenous religions are the traditional spiritual belief systems of Polynesian peoples, centered on ancestor veneration, nature deities, and complex mythologies that explain the origins and order of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythology
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oral tradition ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hawaiʻi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Native Hawaiians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explains |
cultural practices
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natural phenomena ⓘ origins of the Hawaiian Islands ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
chants
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cosmological beliefs ⓘ creation stories ⓘ deities ⓘ genealogies ⓘ prayers ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ sacred stories ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
akua
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kapu ⓘ kupua ⓘ mana ⓘ moʻo ⓘ spirit world ⓘ ʻaumākua ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Haumea
NERFINISHED
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Hina NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiʻiaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamohoaliʻi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kāne NERFINISHED ⓘ Kāne Milohai NERFINISHED ⓘ Kū NERFINISHED ⓘ Kūʻula NERFINISHED ⓘ Laka NERFINISHED ⓘ Lono NERFINISHED ⓘ Papa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pele NERFINISHED ⓘ Wākea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Hawaiian language ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalFigure |
Hina-keahi
NERFINISHED
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Kamapuaʻa NERFINISHED ⓘ Māui NERFINISHED ⓘ Niheu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceType |
19th-century written accounts
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missionary records ⓘ native Hawaiian historians’ writings ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hawaiian land use practices
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Hawaiian law and kapu system ⓘ Hawaiian royal genealogies ⓘ Hawaiian social structure ⓘ |
| partOf | Native Hawaiian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hawaiian cosmology
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Hawaiian religion ⓘ Polynesian navigation traditions ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
hula
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mele ⓘ moʻolelo ⓘ oli ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hawaiian mythology Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.