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Hina

deity Hawaiian corroborated · 12

A Hawaiian goddess representing femininity, the moon, and complementary forces to Kū.

↻ synthesized from 12 sources

When

First attested
1000 BCE
Attested period
-1000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in Hawaiian oral traditions and mythology.

Relationships

enemy of
Te Tunaroa, Te Tuna, Kuna, Long Eel Tuna
allied with
Māui
consort of
Marama, Tuna, Ku-waha-ilo, Wākea
co occurs with
Irawaru, Tinirau, men, Bahloo, Arma, Andriamahilala, Avatea, Fati, Kidili, Ngalindi, Kašku, Hina of Hilo, Hemā, Lona, Aikanaka, Hine, Kahikiula, Kahikihonuakele, Olopana, Pimoe, Haloa, Kahiko, Ho’ohokukalani, Haloa-naka-lau-kapalili, Ka'ula, Lua, Kealiʻiwahilani, Tumu-Nui, Makeatutara, atua kahukahu, Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, Rohe, Tama-nui-te-rā, Murirangawhenua, Kū, ʻaumakua, Lono, Pele, Kāne, Papahānaumoku, Laʻilaʻi
parent of
Tuhuruhuru, Māui, Kamapuaʻa
syncretized with
Mahina
sibling of
Māui, Tāne, Ru, Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, Māui-waho
child of
Tangaroa, Taʼaroa, Taranga
has aspect
Hina-puku-iʻa, Hina-ʻopu-hala-koʻa, Hina-Oio
manifested by
Hinatea, Hinauri

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Mentioned by

and 6 more

Sources

internet (1)
  1. Hawaiian religion
wikipedia (11)
  1. List of lunar deities
  2. Hina (goddess)
  3. Mahina (mythology)
  4. Marama (mythology)
  5. Tuna (Polynesian mythology)
  6. Kamapuaʻa
  7. Kū
  8. Wākea
  9. Māui (Hawaiian mythology)
  10. Māui (Māori mythology)
  11. Taʼaroa

Source passages

“When healers picked herbs for medicine, they usually prayed to Kū and Hina, male and female, right and left, upright and supine.”

#235 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Hina, a Goddess.”

#18438 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Many stories about the goddess Hina, especially in connection with the moon, can be found in chapter 15 (“Hina Myths”) of Martha Beckwith’s Hawaiian Mythology. The legendary birth of Hina's son, Māui, is described as a supernatural conception after Hina wore a red loincloth she found on the ocean shore”

#18750 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“It is likely that she is the same as the goddess Hina or Lona. Mahina, French Polynesia Hina”

#18809 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“To the Maori people, Marama is the moon, a male deity who married Hina, the daughter of Tangaroa. However, the moon is also considered to be the husband of all women due to the effect of the moon on women every month.”

#19390 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001