legendary beings

legendary beings
  Po'e o nā mo'olelo.
  Legendary beings include akua (gods); kupua (demigods); 'aumākua (family gods); akua lapu (ghosts); po'e 'e'epa (mysterious beings); mo'o, kiha (water lizards); koa (warriors). See HM.
  No concepts were comparable to European fairy, brownie, elf; supernatural beings looked like people.
  Some little people: Menehune, Melehune, Mū, Nāmū, Mū-'ai-mai'a, Nāwā, Nāwao, peke. Other beings: 'ā'āhuali'i, 'ā'aia, 'a'ai anuhea a Kāne, 'alaneo, 'Ele'ū, Hā-loa, Hānai-a-ka-malama, Hi'iaka, Hilo, Hina-'ai-ka-malama, Holu, Ho'ohoku-i-ka-lani, Hōpoe, Kaha'ula, Kahinali'i, Kaio'e, Kama-pua'a, Kanaloa, Kāne, Kāne-pa'ina, Kiha, Kiha-wahine, kīwa'a, Kū, Kuamū, Ku'i-a-lua, Kulukulu'ā, La'alū'au, Laenihi, Laka, lale, Lani-kāula, Lima-loa, Lohi'au, Lonopūhā, Mālei, Mali'o, Māui, Mauli-ola, Mokuhāli'i, Nu'a-kea, Pele, poki, Poli-'ahu, Pua, Wākea.

English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.

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