HWST 270 - UH Manoa - Hawaiian Mythology

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ʻai VS ai

food VS making love

One of the animals representing Kanaloa is the ____ .

heʻe (squid)

Haumeaʻs kinolau is ____ .

moʻo wahine

In both versions of the creation covered in the reading, which sea creature is associated with Tumu-ra'i-fenua?

octopus

The general pattern of origin stories in Polynesia involves a _________-father and _________-mother.

sky / earth

The kinolau of Hina is ____ .

ʻUkukoʻakoʻa (coral polyp)

"Ra" is the sun god in Egypt and what other place in Polynesia?

Aotearoa, New Zealand

The phallus was used in ______ as an emblem of life.

Egypt

____ is where you playes "love games".

Hale o Kilu

Luakini is where the male gods are worshipped. _____ is where the female gods are worshipped.

Hale o Papa

This goddess is worshipped in fish ponds.

Haumea

____ is the mother of Pele.

Haumea

goddess of childbirth, politics and war

Haumea

goddess of moons and reefs

Hina

the major Hawaiian female gods

Hina, Laka, Haumea, Pele, Papa(hānaumoku)

god of ocean voyaging

Kanaloa

the 5 major Hawaiian male gods

Kane, Kū, Kanaloa, Lono, Wākea

Who is the goddess with the flying maʻi (vagina) ?

Kapoulakinaʻu

According to Gutmanis, Where in Maui did Kāne and Kanaloa land?

Ke'ei

Kalaninuiʻiamamaoʻs birth used to heal a political divide for what family?

Keawe

What famous god of Polynesia is known mostly as the Akua of light?

Kāne

god of sun and fresh water

Kāne

Which god is worshipped 8 months of the year in the luakini?

god of war and carvers

goddess of hula

Laka

god of agriculture and fertility

Lono

Laho o Kanaloa is ____

Maiʻa

Kanaloa god is worshipped on ___ . Especially on the mountain named ____ .

Moku o Keawe. Maunaloa.

Which genealogical lineage tradition is followed by those of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi island?

Nanaulu lineage

Which lineage does NOT include incest?

Nanaulu lineage

Laho o Kū is ____

Niu

goddess and Earth Mother

Papa(hānaumoku)

goddess of fire and volcano

Pele

Who were the three chief fire gods?

Pere / Tama-ehu / Tama-tea

Laho o Lono is ____

Puaʻa

In Maori Myth, who was the first man? (2 answers)

Tiki / Ki'i

Which genealogical lineage tradition is followed by those of Hawaiʻi island?

Ulu lineage

god of stars and sky father

Wākea


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