Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Haumea" | Hawaiian | Mother goddess. ] She is the daughter of PAPATUANUKU, the primordial earth mother, and is revered by many people of Polynesia and by the Maori of New Zealand. Her more notable children include PELE, the volcano goddess of Hawaii, and HI'AIKA, the goddess of the dance. As a deity responsible for birth, Haumea possesses a magical wand that she used at the time of creation to engender fruit trees and fish. From time to time she uses it to replenish stocks. Mythology also identifies her as a heroine who saved herself and her consort from enemies at the time of creation by hiding in a breadfruit tree and fending off the attackers with poisonous sap and wood splinters.... |
Goddess name "Hine-Ahu-One" | Maori | Chthonic goddess Polynesia / Maori |
Goddess name "Hine-Ata-Uira" | Maori | Goddess of light Polynesia / Maori |
Goddess name "Marama" | Maori | Goddess of the moon Polynesia / Maori |
Goddess name "Ai Tupua'i" | Polynesia | Goddess of healing and of war. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Aiaru" | Polynesia | Goddess who predicts death. One of the Seven Guardians of the world. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Ala Muki" | Polynesia | Goddess of rivers who takes the form of a dragon. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Alalahe" | Polynesia | Goddess of love. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Alohura" | Polynesia | The lightning goddess of the beTrobi people. Mentioned in The Colour of Magic. |
Goddess name "Faumea" | Polynesia | Goddess of fertility. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Haka" | Polynesia | The goddess who, along with her husband Tetoo, created the sky and the earth. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Havea Lolo Fonua" | Polynesia | Goddess of intercourse Polynesia |
Goddess name "Mahui Iki" | Polynesia | Goddess of fire and the underworld. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Mahuika" | Polynesia | Goddess of earthquakes who rules the edges of the underworld Polynesia |
Goddess name "Papatuanuku" | Polynesia | Chthonic mother goddess who evolved spontaneously in the cosmic night. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Pare" | Polynesia | Goddess of volcanoes. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Taka rita" | Polynesia | Goddess of adultery Polynesia |
Goddess name "Tangaroa" | Polynesia | One of the great gods, the god of the sea. He is a son of Rangi and Papa, sky and earth. His wife, Faumea, was an ocean goddess. Man-killing eels dwelled in her vag***, but she taught Tangaroa how to safely lure them out. Polynesia |