Editing List of figures in the Hawaiian religion

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'''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, but kept alive by some practitioners to the modern day.

==Prominent figures and terms in Hawaiian mythology==
* [[Aumakua]] - spirit of an ancestor or family god
* [[ʻElepaio]] - [[monarch flycatcher]]
* [[Haumea (mythology)|Haumea]] - goddess of birth
* [[Hiʻiaka]] - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne
* [[Hina (goddess)|Hina]] - goddess of [[Moon]]
* [[Kahōʻāliʻi|Kahō{{okina}}āli{{okina}}i]] - see Kamohoalii
* [[Kalanipoo]] - bird goddess Queen 
* [[Kamapuaʻa]] - warlike god of wild boars, husband of Pele
* [[Kamohoalii|Kāmohoali{{okina}}i]] - shark god and brother to the major gods, such as Pele
* [[Kanaloa]] – God of the ocean, working in concert with Kāne<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Nimmo |first=Harry |title=Pele, volcano goddess of Hawai'i  A history |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9780786463473 |pages=77–79}}</ref>
* [[Kāne]] – God of male procreation, fishponds, agriculture, sorcery; created world with help from Lono and Kū<ref name=":0" />
* [[Kanehekili|Kānehekili]] – Thunder god<ref name=":0" />
* [[Kapo (mythology)|Kapo]]
* ''[[Kapu (Hawaiian culture)|Kapu]]'' - the code of conduct of laws and regulations
* [[Kupua|Kapua]]
* [[Kaulu]] - killer of Haumea
* [[Kihawahine]] - lizard woman
* [[Kinilau]]
* [[Kū]] – God of war, forests, canoe-building, deep-sea fishing<ref name=":0" />
* [[Laka]] – Goddess described as both the daughter and sister of Pele<ref name=":0" />
* [[Hiʻiaka#Lohiʻau|Lohiʻau]] - chief of Kaua'i
* [[Lono]] – God of food plants, farming, peace, music, clouds, rainfall, growth, fertility<ref name=":0" />
* [[Mana (Oceanian mythology)|Mana]] - impersonal force 
* [[Māui (Hawaiian mythology)|Māui]] - ancient hero and chief, demigod, shapeshifter.
* [[Menehune]] 
* [[Nāmaka]] - sea goddess and sister of Pele.
* [[Nanaue]] - demigod, son of Kamohoalii the shark god, and Kalei, a mortal women
* [[Nuakea (deity)|Nu{{okina}}akea]] - goddess of [[milk]]
* [[Nightmarchers]]
* [[Nu'u|Nu{{okina}}u]] - Hawaiian [[Noah]]
* [[Papahānaumoku|Papa]] - Goddess of Nature
* [[Paʻao]]
* [[Pakaʻa]] - a god of the wind, gatekeeper of the underworld, wife of Kaiwa, Mother of Kaha’i
* [[Paliuli]]
* [[Papahānaumoku]]
* [[Paupueo]]
* [[Pele (deity)|Pele]] – Goddess of volcanoes, frequently described as an [[aumakua]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Poliʻahu]] - goddesses of snow
* [[Tuna (Polynesian mythology)|Tuna]]
* [[Ukupanipo]] - another shark god
* [[Wahieloa]]
* [[Waka (mythology)|Waka]] - lizard goddess
* [[Wākea]] - [[Sky father]] father of islands

==See also==
*[[Folklore in Hawaii]]
*[[Ghosts in Polynesian culture]]
*[[Hawaiian religion]]
*[[Māori mythology]]
*[[Polynesian mythology]]
*[[Samoan mythology]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mythology of Hawaii}}
* {{gutenberg|no=18450|name=Hawaiian Folk Tales}}, Ed. [[Thomas G. Thrum]]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hm/index.htm ''Hawaiian Mythology''] by [[Martha Beckwith]]


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{{Polynesian mythology}}

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