Pāpā

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Pāpā is a primordial earth goddess in Hawaiian mythology, revered as a creator figure and ancestral mother of the Hawaiian people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pāpā canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earth goddess ⓘ
figure in Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
associatedWith Hawaiian creation traditions ⓘ
Hawaiian genealogy of chiefs ⓘ
consort Wākea ⓘ
cosmicFunction foundation of the world ⓘ
partner in sky–earth union ⓘ
culture Hawaiian ⓘ
domain earth ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasDiacriticsInName true ⓘ
languageOfName Hawaiian ⓘ
mythologicalRole progenitor of humans (Hawaiians) ⓘ
progenitor of land ⓘ
pairedWith sky god Wākea ⓘ
linked to: Wākea
parentOf Hawaiian islands (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiian people (in some traditions) ⓘ
partOf Polynesian mythological tradition ⓘ
region Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
role ancestral mother of the Hawaiian people ⓘ
creator figure ⓘ
spouse Wākea ⓘ
symbolicAssociation fertility of land ⓘ
genealogical origins ⓘ
typeOfDeity chthonic deity ⓘ
veneratedAs ancestor deity ⓘ
earth mother ⓘ
veneratedIn Hawaiian religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Wākea → spouse → Pāpā ⓘ