Hawaiian mythology

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Hawaiian mythology is the traditional body of sacred stories, deities, and cosmological beliefs of the Native Hawaiian people, explaining the origins of the islands, natural phenomena, and cultural practices.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythology ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Hawaiʻi ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians ⓘ
explains cultural practices ⓘ
natural phenomena ⓘ
origins of the Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
hasComponent chants ⓘ
cosmological beliefs ⓘ
creation stories ⓘ
deities ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
sacred stories ⓘ
hasConcept akua ⓘ
kapu ⓘ
kupua ⓘ
mana ⓘ
moʻo ⓘ
spirit world ⓘ
ʻaumākua ⓘ
hasDeity Haumea ⓘ
Hina ⓘ
Hiʻiaka ⓘ
Kamohoaliʻi ⓘ
Kanaloa ⓘ
Kapo ⓘ
Kāne ⓘ
Kāne Milohai ⓘ
Kū ⓘ
linked to: Ku

Kūʻula ⓘ
Laka ⓘ
Lono ⓘ
Papa ⓘ
Pele ⓘ
Wākea ⓘ
hasLanguage Hawaiian language ⓘ
hasMythologicalFigure Hina-keahi ⓘ
linked to: Hina-‘a

Kamapuaʻa ⓘ
Māui ⓘ
Niheu ⓘ
hasSourceType 19th-century written accounts ⓘ
missionary records ⓘ
native Hawaiian historians’ writings ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
influenced Hawaiian land use practices ⓘ
Hawaiian law and kapu system ⓘ
Hawaiian royal genealogies ⓘ
Hawaiian social structure ⓘ
partOf Native Hawaiian culture ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian
relatedTo Hawaiian cosmology ⓘ
Hawaiian religion ⓘ
Polynesian navigation traditions ⓘ
transmittedBy hula ⓘ
mele ⓘ
moʻolelo ⓘ
oli ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Namaka → nameOrigin → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Wākea → religion → Hawaiian religion ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Hina → worshippedIn → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Hina → appearsIn → Hawaiian legends of the moon ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kāne-nui-akea → pantheon → Hawaiian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kāne Milohai → culture → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Kāne Milohai → religion → Native Hawaiian religion ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Kane → memberOf → Hawaiian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Hawaiian creation chants → culturalContext → Native Hawaiian religion ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
Namaka → culture → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
subject linked to: Namaka (Hawaiian water spirit)
Kohelepelepe → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Hāloa → mythology → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Tongan mythology → relatedTo → Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
Kaʻahumanu → convertedFrom → Hawaiian traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology