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  2. List of figures in the Hawaiian religion - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Folklore in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Folklore in Hawaii in modern times is a mixture of various aspects of Hawaiian mythology and various urban legends that have been passed on regarding various places in the Hawaiian islands. The following is a partial list of some of these legends.

  4. Hawaiian religion - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Hina (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    In some of the Hawaiian legends, the goddess lived on Kauiki, a foothill of the dormant volcano Haleakalā on the southeast coast of the Island Maui. [1] Another claim suggests Hina's legends were brought to the Hilo coast with ancient immigrants but the stories are so old that the Hawaiians have forgotten her original lands and see Hilo as her ...

  6. Māui (Hawaiian mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies. In the Kumulipo , he is the son of ʻAkalana and his wife Hina-a-ke-ahi ( Hina ). This couple has four sons, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, and Māui-a-kalana.

  7. Hāloa - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Mauna Loa erupts with a warning in the eyes of some Native ...

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    When Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades, it wasn’t just a major geological.

  9. Hemā - Wikipedia

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    In Māori mythology, Hema is a son of Whaitiri and Kaitangata and the father of Tāwhaki and Karihi. [1] In North Island stories, he was killed by the Ponaturi, evil creatures who live by day in the water. [2] Tāwhaki, Karihi and their mother trick the Ponaturi into entering a house, and then locked them in, claiming there was still time ...