List of figures in the Hawaiian religion

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Hawaiian narrative or mythology, tells stories of nature and life. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian narrative, developing its own unique character for several centuries before about 1800. It is associated with the Hawaiian religion. The religion was officially suppressed in the 19th century, but kept alive by some practitioners to the modern day.

Prominent figures and terms in Hawaiian mythology

Aumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god
ʻElepaio - monarch flycatcher
Haumea - goddess of birth
Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne
Hina - goddess of Moon
Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kamohoalii
Kalanipoo - bird goddess Queen
Kamapuaʻa - warlike god of wild boars, husband of Pele
Kāmohoaliʻi - shark god and brother to the major gods, such as Pele
Kanaloa – God of the ocean, working in concert with Kāne^[1]
Kāne – God of male procreation, fishponds, agriculture, sorcery; created world with help from Lono and Kū^[1]
Kānehekili – Thunder god^[1]
Kapo
Kapu - the code of conduct of laws and regulations
Kapua
Kaulu - killer of Haumea
Kihawahine - lizard woman
Kinilau
Kū – God of war, forests, canoe-building, deep-sea fishing^[1]
Laka – Goddess described as both the daughter and sister of Pele^[1]
Lohiʻau - chief of Kaua'i
Lono – God of food plants, farming, peace, music, clouds, rainfall, growth, fertility^[1]
Mana - impersonal force
Māui - ancient hero and chief, demigod, shapeshifter.
Menehune
Moʻo
Nāmaka - sea goddess and sister of Pele.
Nanaue - demigod, son of Kamohoalii the shark god, and Kalei, a mortal women
Nuʻakea - goddess of milk
Nightmarchers
Nuʻu - Hawaiian Noah
Papa - Goddess of Nature
Paʻao
Pakaʻa - a god of the wind, gatekeeper of the underworld, wife of Kaiwa, Mother of Kaha’i
Paliuli
Papahānaumoku
Paupueo
Pele – Goddess of volcanoes, frequently described as an aumakua^[1]
Poliʻahu - goddesses of snow
Tuna
Ukupanipo - another shark god
Wahieloa
Waka - lizard goddess
Wākea - Sky father father of islands