Native Hawaiian Religion, gods, and rituals

1. Native Hawaiian Religion

2. 3 topics
• Their view of the creation story
• Their gods
• Their form for worship

3. Creation Story creation pic
• Those a part of the religion believe that the gods pervaded into
nature as supernatural powers and which they were personified
into gods themselves
• After they were given certain attributes and names they were
different gods then.
• There is multiple forms of how things came to be and depend on
who told it.

4. The gods and demi-gods
• There are four gods: Kū, Lono, Kane, and
Kanaloa
• Demigods there are a couple and one of
them is Māui
Māui from Disney
Movie Moana
Picture of Maui demi-god
https://www.tourmaui.com/maui-demigod/

5. The gods
• From time to time the Hawaiian gods would take form in either
animals or humans or in an idol statue and play a major role in
peoples lives

6. The gods
• They are seen in Hawaiian
history as chiefs that are
dwelling in the heavens or
the far lands and they come
to a certain area that are
sacred in worship as visitors
or immigrants.
• The appearance of the
natural phenomena that they
are known by and their form
of color or tradition or
custom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGqBfyQFG_g

7. The gods
• Any god can take the form of any object in nature or person
• Interesting fact, the title ’kupua’ is given to the child of a god
when born into the family and he will be seen a part of his life as
the transformation that occurs in whichever natural object it is
either plant or animal.
• The gods are ‘preternaturally’ ugly and not good or strong and
beautiful
• After they die then they are known as an ‘amakua’

8. Forms of Worship
• The worship is different based on the different area or location it
is done as. Some areas of culture do it differently.
• Like different gods are dealt with in different areas

9. Forms of Worship
• They did things such as religious ceremonies
• They also have prayers to maintain on a good side of the spirits
• Those in this religion also believed that being in and around
nature was like they were in close distance to the gods like being
near the sea or by a mountain.

10. Forms of Worship
• They also had priests and they could preform rituals to win the
favor of the gods as well as the head of the household as a male
for family worship they could as well.
• In forms of repsect and out of fear the people stayed far away
from ‘kepu’ or sacred/holy things to make sure they do not offend
their god.

11. Forms of Worship
• They built temples for special purposes
like health, war, a hope for profitable
in the areas of farming and fishing, and
peace.
• They also put-up idols as well most
likely for worship reasons or sacrifce
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kona/history1h.htm

12. Sourcces
• http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=d-0beckwit1-
000Sec--11haw-50-20-frameset-book--1-
010escapewin&a=d&d=D0&toc=0
• https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kona/history1h.ht
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGqBfyQFG_g
• https://www.vulture.com/2016/09/disney-pulls-moana-costume-
after-complaints.html