Milu
Milu is the Polynesian god of the Underworld. He encountered Ulupoka's body and promised to help him reunite with his head if Ulupoka would allow him to use his body to take control of the Hawaiian Islands in revenge against the goddess Pele, who had imprisoned him for centuries. Milu later captured the Hawaiian Islands with Ulupoka, but they were defeated by the military forces of the nations around the Pacific Ocean and Pele's army.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Pre-contact Hawai'i
Relationships
- enemy of
- Pele
- allied with
- Ulupoka
- syncretized with
- Hades
- served by
- spirit catchers
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“When Milu, the Polynesian god of the Underworld, encountered Ulupoka's body (the first time he had seen Ulupoka since he had been beheaded), he promised Ulupoka that he would help him reunite with his head if Milu would allow him to use Ulupoka's body to take control of the Hawaiian Islands”
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“In traditional, pre-contact Hawaiʻi, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this.”
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“According to ancient Hawaiian myth, Milu is the god of the dead and ruler of Lua-o-Milu. He is now thought to share analogs with Hades. Under his command, are a host of beings known as spirit catchers who would trap wandering ghosts and bring them to his afterlife domain. He fought alongside Ulupoka against Pele.”
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