Wākea
Sky father in Hawaiian mythology.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Sky god featured in the Kumulipo creation legend, separate from the Kāne creation account.
Relationships
- consort of
- Hoʻohokukalani, Papa, Papahānaumoku, Haumea, Hina, Ka'ula
- co occurs with
- Rangi, Atea, Uranus, Anu, Geb, Nut, Ki, Vatea, Dyaúṣ-pitṛ, Pṛthvī-mātṛ, Gæa, Hoʻohokukalani, Ka-moho-aliʻi, Nāmaka, Hiʻiaka, Haloa, Kāne Milohaʻi, Kamapuaʻa, Menehune, Po, Owe, Wela'ahilaninui, Iwahinakiʻiakea, Lohanakiʻipapa, Hikiuanahina, Waluanahina, Kahiko, Lua, Kealiʻiwahilani, evil spirits, Laka, Pele, Kāne, Kū, Lono, Kanaloa, Laʻilaʻi
- parent of
- Haloa, Hoʻohokukalani, Kapo, Ho’ohokukalani, Haloa-naka-lau-kapalili
- child of
- Kahiko, Kupulanakehao
Mentioned by
Sources
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.”
#230 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Wākea, the sky father, to get alone with his daughter, Hoʻohokukalani without his wahine, or wife, Papa, the earth mother, noticing.”
#611 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Wākea, husband of Papa, from Hawaii”
#31683 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to the myth, Hoʻohōkūkalani is the daughter of the god Wākea (Sky Father) or the expanse of the heavens and his wife Papahānaumoku (Earth Mother), who are the deities of male and female creative energy.”
#32410 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the ancient myths, Papa is the wife of Wākea, son of the god Kahiko. Wākea is the Father Sky in the Hawaiian religion and a personification of the male creative power. He and Papa are representations of the divine masculinity and femininity.”
#32490 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001