Nāmaka

deity water Hawaiian mythology corroborated · 5

Nāmaka is a sister of Pele in Hawaiian mythology, often depicted as a sea goddess. She is said to chase Pele in legends, attempting to stop her volcanic activity.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
2008 CE
Attested period
2008 – 2020
Historical notes
Name given to a moon of a dwarf planet.

Relationships

child of
Haumea

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Sources

Source passages

“Legend told that Pele herself journeyed on her canoe from the island of Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. When on her journey, it was said she tried to create her fires on different islands, but her sister, Nāmaka, was chasing her, wanting to put an end to her.”

#960 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

“Haumea (Hawaiian: [həuˈmɛjə]) is the goddess of fertility and childbirth in Hawaiian mythology. She is the mother of many important deities, such as Pele, Kāne Milohaʻi, Kāmohoaliʻi, Nāmaka, Kapo, and Hiʻiaka.”

#32378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She is the sister of Kāne Milohaʻi, Kāmohoaliʻi, Pele, Nāmaka and Hiʻiaka.”

#32458 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In Hawaiian religion, Kamohoaliʻi is a shark god and a brother of Kāne Milohaʻi, Pele, Kapo, Nāmaka, and Hiʻiaka.”

#32509 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Hawaiian mythology, Kāne-milo-hai is the brother of Kāmohoaliʻi, Pele, Kapo, Nāmaka and Hiʻiaka (among others) by Haumea.”

#32537 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001