Hi’aika

Goddess. Hawaiian. The daughter of HAUMEA and younger sister of PELE, the volcano goddess, Hi’aika is the mistress of the dance and especially of the hula. Separate traditions identify her with LAKA, the god of the hula and the son of KANE, the god of light; and with a goddess, Na Wahine, the daughter of the primordial creator principle KEAWE.

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Haumea

Mother goddess. [Hawaiian.] 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.

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