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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 ...
The word "shibai" entered into the common local vocabulary of Hawaii by way of introduction from Japanese immigrants. The original Japanese language word, 芝居 （ しばい ） , literally translates as "a play" or "a dramatic performance," but is also used to describe a situation when someone is merely pretending or being insincere, as if ...
The story of the creation of the Hawaiian Islands and the first Hawaiian was told orally from generation to generation for a long time. When the Hawaiian writing system was established in the 18th century, it was put into documents, especially the Kumulipo of the Hawaiian royalty's story of creation and genealogy. The Kumulipo was later opened ...
Nui means “the great”. An alternative (or secondary semantic layer) to “fire” is “one”, or “first” as with kahi . This is possible through a phenomenon known in linguistics as t-glottalization or glottal replacement , which occurs when the letter “t” shifts to become the glottal stop, or okina .
Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system. Hawaiian religion is based largely on the tapu religion common in Polynesia and likely originated among the Tahitians and other Pacific islanders who landed in Hawaiʻi between 500 and 1300 AD. [1]
In one Hawaiian legend, Laka is the daughter of the Ali'i nui Wahieloa and Hoʻolaukahili, grandson of Kahaʻinuiahema. He plans to sail to Hawaii to avenge the murder of his father, but his canoe-building is thwarted by the little gods of the forest. Because of his offerings to the great gods, however, they give him two outriggers that binds ...
In the traditions of ancient Hawaiʻi, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. [1] It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoʻolawe.
Māui's next feat was to stop the sun from moving so fast. His mother Hina complained that her kapa (bark cloth) was unable to dry because the days were so short. Māui climbed to the mountain Hale-a-ka-lā (house of the sun) and lassoed the sun’s rays as the sun came up, using a rope made from his sister's hair. [2]