Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The ’Aumakua, the deified ancestral guardian-spirits of Hawaii — the spirits of departed family ancestors who took the form of a shark, owl, lizard, or
Kamapua’a (Kamapuaa), the hog-god and shapeshifting trickster-demigod of Hawaii — a wild being who took the form of a man, a giant black pig, a fish, or
Nāmaka (Namakaokahai), the sea-goddess of Hawaii — the powerful goddess of the ocean and water, elder sister and bitter enemy of the volcano-goddess Pele,
Hi’iaka, the Hawaiian goddess of the hula, healing, chant, and the green forest — the beloved youngest sister of the volcano-goddess Pele, whose epic
Wākea (Wakea), the sky-father of Hawaii — the great progenitor who, with the earth-mother Papa, gave rise to the Hawaiian islands, the sacred taro, and
Haumea, the great earth-mother and goddess of fertility, childbirth, and creation in Hawaii — mother of Pele and her family, patroness of childbirth who
Pele (Pelehonuamea), the volcano-goddess of Hawaii — the fierce, passionate goddess of fire, lightning, and lava who dwells in the crater of Kilauea,
Kanaloa, the great god of the ocean, the deep sea, and the underworld in Hawaii, one of the four supreme gods — lord of the sea and the octopus, companion
Kāne (Kane), the supreme creator-god and foremost of the four great gods of Hawaii — the god of light, life, fresh water, and procreation, maker of the
Kū (Ku), the great god of war, politics, and male power in Hawaii, one of the four supreme gods — the fierce patron of the warrior chiefs (Kukailimoku of
