Hawaiian narrative
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
‘Elepaio - monarch flycatcher
Haikili - god of thunder
Haumea - goddess of birth
Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne
Hina - goddess of Moon
Kaha'i
Kahōʻāliʻi - god of underworld
Kalamainuʻu - lizard goddess
Kamapuaʻa - warlike god of wild boars, husband of Pele
Kāmohoaliʻi - shark god
Kanaloa - complementary power of Kāne, god of the oceans, consequently the ruler of the Mana.
Kāne - highest of the four major Hawaiian deities, The chief of the Hawaiian trinity, which also consists of his brothers Lono and Ku. In contrast to Lono being the deity of cultivated foods, Kane was the god of wild foods and plants like trees, etc. He was also the god of the forests and jungles with all their gifts like wood, medicinal plants and leaves, etc.