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    Kahikiula, the chief of Oahu, Kamapuaʻa was particularly connected with the island of Maui. A kupua (demigod), Kamapuaʻa is best known for his romantic...
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    and peace. Kamapuaʻa, the hog-man fertility demigod, was said to be able to transform into a kukui tree. One of the legends told of Kamapuaʻa: one day,...
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    goddess of Moon Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kamohoalii Kalanipoo - bird goddess Queen Kamapuaʻa - warlike god of wild boars, husband of Pele Kāmohoaliʻi - shark god and...
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    This triggerfish is thought to be connected to the Hawaiian pig god Kamapua’a. Kamapua’a was notorious for his violent behaviors, he ended up marrying fire...
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    Kamapuaʻa, a shapeshifting man with a pig head. Her sister Kapo came to her aid, luring the attacker away by throwing her vagina to Oʻahu. Kamapua'a followed...
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  • she once used as a decoy to aid her sister Pele to flee the overzealous Kamapuaʻa. She saved Pele from being raped by Kama-pua'a by sending her flying vagina...
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    god Kamapuaʻa was centered there; Halemaʻumaʻu, "House of the ʻamaʻumaʻu fern", derives its name from the struggle between the two gods. Kamapuaʻa, hard-pressed...
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    and the keeper of the water of life Kane-ʻapua, demigod younger brother Kamapuaʻa, a shapeshifting kupua and a recurring figure in Hawaiian folklore, sometimes...
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    believing he was a god. Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia Kamapua'a Rongo, Māori god of cultivated plants Quetzalcoatl, whom the Aztecs supposedly...
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    associated with fertility Haumea, goddess of fertility and childbirth Kamapua'a, demi-god of fertility Laka, patron of the hula dance and god of fertility...
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  • kupua mentioned in the mythology include the famous tricksters Māui and Kamapua'a, Iwa, Ono, and Pekoi, amongst others. Apukohai "VII. Mamala the Surf-Rider"...
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  • According to legend, the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele and the demigod Kamapua‘a (a half-man-half-pig) had a turbulent relationship, and the two agreed...
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    goddess, was responsible for preventing passage due to her contest with Kamapua'a, a half human, half hog god, and would not allow him (in the form of pork)...
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    married to a woman but also had a relationship with the pig god Kamapuaʻa. Kamapua'a was also responsible for sending the love-god Lonoikiaweawealoha...
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    "Hellenic style", Museo di Storia Naturale, Florence wooden statue of Kamapuaʻa from the Bailey House Museum Akua Kaʻai (stick image), late 18th-early...
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    hundred landscape paintings of 19th-century Maui . A wooden statue of Kamapua'a, a Hawaiʻian demi-god, created before the abrogation of native Hawaiʻian...
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    the falls is a trough-like gouge up the cliff where the pig demigod, Kamapuaʻa, is believed to have leaned against the cliff so that members of his family...
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    ISBN 978-1-55643-152-4. O'Leary, Brian (1996). Miracle in the Void. Kihei, Hawaii: Kamapua'a Press. ISBN 978-0-9647826-0-0. O'Leary, Brian (2003). Re-Inheriting the...
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  • Maoli, as it tells of a battle between two supernatural beings - Pele and Kamapuaʻa, but also describes that this crater is home to the largest tree ferns...
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  • Kamaʻaina Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount Kamakahonu Kamaka Ukulele Kamakou Kamapuaʻa Kamehameha Day Kamehameha Highway Kamehameha Schools Kamehameha Schools...
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  • Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press (1999). ISBN 1-883528-11-9 He Moʻolelo Kaʻao o Kamapuaʻa: The Hawaiian Pig-God. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press (1996). ISBN 0-930897-60-9...
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    deities from Hawaiian mythology including Hina (goddess of the moon), Kamapua'a (pig demigod) and the volcano goddess Pele. His "Homage to Gaea", which...
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  • Hawaiian Myth with Rita Knipe Hawaiian-Japanese Dictionary (Nishizawa) Kamapua'a, by John Charlot 'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings,...
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