Lua
deity earth Hawaiian mythology single tradition · 2
Lua is a deity who slept with Papa to create the island of Oʻahu, as revenge for Wākea's affair with Hina and Ka'ula.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Roman sources as Saturn's companion deity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kealiʻiwahilani, Consus, Vidura, Dhritarashtra, Laʻilaʻi, Wākea, Hina, Haloa, Kahiko, Ho’ohokukalani, Haloa-naka-lau-kapalili, Ka'ula, Jupiter, Cronus, Janus, Ops, Mitra, Varuna, Cyclops, Hecatoncheires, Iuventas, Terminus
- consort of
- Papahānaumoku
- allied with
- Saturn
Mentioned by
- Laʻilaʻi
- Wākea
- Hina
- Haloa
- Kahiko
- Ho’ohokukalani
- Haloa-naka-lau-kapalili
- Ka'ula
- Jupiter
- Cronus
- Janus
- Ops
- Mitra
- Varuna
- Cyclops
- Hecatoncheires
and 2 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Papa later returned and was aware of Wākea's affair, so she gained revenge by sleeping with Lua to create the island of Oʻahu.”
#32643 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the power of annihilation present in his paredra (= divine associate/companion deity) Lua”
#45770 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free