Papa
deity earth Hawaiian corroborated · 19
Earth mother in Hawaiian mythology.
↻ synthesized from 19 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in 19th-century folklore collections.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ka-moho-aliʻi, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Maru, Uenuku, Kahukura, Avatea, Vari-Ma-Te-Takere, Tavake, Mokoiro, Akatauira, Te-po-tatango, Io, Marama, Pipihura, Te Uru-kahikahika, Wharerimu, Hine-tapiritia, Te Raengawha, Te Kiri-pakapaka, Whatu-maomao, Kaiwahawera, Wainui, Rongo, Ranginui, Tāwhirimātea, Tāne, Ao, Rangi, Aonui, Aoroa, Aopouri, Aopotango, Aowhetuma, Aowhekere, Aokahiwahiwa, Aokanapanapa, Aopakakina, Aopakarea, Aotakawe, Te Ata, Te Ao Mārama, Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Punga, Kaitangata, Tūmatauenga, Haumia, Tangaroa, Haumia-tiketike, Tū, Haloa, Kahiko, Nāmaka, Hiʻiaka, Kāne Milohaʻi, Kamapuaʻa, Atea, Vatea, evil spirits, Laka, Pele
- parent of
- Tangaroa, Tāne, Rehua, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tūmatauenga, Māui, Rongo, Haumia-tiketike, Tū, Tāwhirimātea, Haumia, Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu, Hoʻohokukalani, Kauaʻi, Kapo
- sibling of
- Rangi
- enemy of
- Hinemoana
- aspect of
- Atea
- syncretized with
- Haumea
- allied with
- Wākea
- child of
- Po
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
Source passages
“in order for Wākea, the sky father, to get alone with his daughter, Hoʻohokukalani without his wahine, or wife, Papa, the earth mother, noticing.”
#232 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Papa, the earth mother, noticing. The spiritually pure or laʻa, meaning "sacred" and unclean or haumia were to be separated.”
#612 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Rangi and Papa, primordial parents in Māori tradition”
#19194 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“from Marama is Po. Finally, from Po, is Rangi and Papa, Heaven Father and Earth Mother, from which all other gods were descended.”
#19396 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“which were sent to punish his brothers after the separation of his parents, Rangi and Papa.”
#31578 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5