thumb|160px|A statue of Hawaiian deity
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
- ʻAumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god
- ʻElepaio - monarch flycatcher
- Haumea - goddess of birth
- Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea and Kāne
- Hina - goddess of Moon
- Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kāmohoaliʻi
- 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
- Kāne - God of male procreation, fishponds, agriculture, sorcery; created world with help from Lono and Kū