Kamapua'a
deity earth kukui tree single tradition · 2
Kamapua'a is a trickster figure who can transform into a kukui tree or a hog. In one legend, he resurrects a murdered woman and condemns her husband to death. He is also known for stealing chickens from Olopana, leading to a conflict where he uses his pig form to escape and defeat Olopana's men.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- enemy of
- Olopana
- serves
- followers
- manifests as
- kukui tree, hog
- served by
- followers
- co occurs with
- Lono, Rongo, Quetzalcoatl
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“A Legendary Tradition of Kamapua'a, The Hawaiian Pig-God, Bishop Museum Press, ISBN 0-930897-60-9 Martha Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (University of Hawaii Press, 1940), 205–206. Lilikalā K. Kameʹeleihiwa, The Legendary Tradition of Kamapuaʹa, The Hawaiian Pig-God”
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