Hawaiian goddess Haumea

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Hawaiian goddess Haumea is a major fertility and earth deity in Hawaiian mythology, associated with childbirth, regeneration, and the creation of the Hawaiian people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hawaiian goddess Haumea canonical 1
earth mother Papahānaumoku 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawaiian goddess ⓘ
earth goddess ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
appearsIn Hawaiian creation chants ⓘ
Hawaiian genealogical chants ⓘ
associatedWith childbirth rituals ⓘ
creation of the Hawaiian people ⓘ
growth of plants ⓘ
renewal of life ⓘ
the earth’s fecundity ⓘ
cosmicRole embodiment of the generative power of the earth ⓘ
source of human life ⓘ
culture Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Polynesian mythology ⓘ
domain childbirth ⓘ
earth ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
regeneration ⓘ
epithet Haumea of mysterious forms ⓘ
Haumea-nui ⓘ
linked to: Haumea

Papa ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
mythologicalType creator deity ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
parentOf Hiʻiaka ⓘ
Nā-maka-o-kahaʻi ⓘ
linked to: Hiʻiaka

Pele ⓘ
various Hawaiian deities and heroes ⓘ
power ability to give birth repeatedly ⓘ
ability to regenerate her body ⓘ
ability to transform her appearance ⓘ
relatedConcept continuity of family lines ⓘ
genealogy of Hawaiian chiefs ⓘ
sacredness of childbirth ⓘ
role mother of the Hawaiian people ⓘ
spouse Kāne ⓘ
Wākea ⓘ
symbol breadfruit tree ⓘ
fertile earth ⓘ
worshipedBy ancient Hawaiians ⓘ
linked to: Native Hawaiians
worshipedIn Hawaiian Islands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haumea → namedAfter → Hawaiian goddess Haumea ⓘ
Wākea → associatedWith → earth mother Papahānaumoku ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian goddess Haumea