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Overview Learning the names of the gods and goddesses is particularly confusing because each god has many different incarnations, each one meaning the actual god AND a seperate deity. We will use the main name for our purposes, but as an example, let's take Ku. Ku That's just a few of his names. Also, these myths vary from island to island and incorporate all of the South Pacific Islands, not just the Hawaiian Islands. Notes Stories |
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Maui Fact Check!Watch this video:
We are going to examine Maui's claims here and compare them to what he really has done to see if Disney is correct, or if they pulled another Hercules. |
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Comic Book VersionOf course Marvel has a comic book version of the pantheon. Look at the picture below and try to figure out which is which. Once you think you've got it, roll your cursor over the image to check your guesses. This image comes from Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica from 2009. It lists all the pantheons and establishes them in Marvel canon. They play fast and loose with the actual mythology and the gods they chose to use are a bit different than the gods we focused on. This is primarily because we focused on Hawaiian and Marvel is trying to encompass all of Oceania. Also, they don't need to be accurate, they jsut need to set up the potential for future stories (which sadly have not be made as of 2024). The link above takes you to the whole comic, but you cna only read it with a Marvel Unlimited subscription. If you just want to see what Marvel says about these gods in particular, you can read it here. |
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Konane - Hawaiian CheckersWhile it looks similar to our version of checkers, it is quite a bit different. First of all, put pieces on the entire board, but alternate colors. Traditionally it was played with white coral and black lava stones and the board would have been a large stone slab. You can have the board to be any size you wish. Rules
One version of the Lono story is that he heard the chief who loved Lono's wife say, "O Kaikiranee-Aree-Opuna, your lover salutes you: keep this, remove that: one will still remain." Lono, upon hearing this kills his wife with one stroke and is immediately saddened by this. So he sets up the Makahiki games in her honor and after trying to work through his grief by fighting every man he saw, he left on a large boat promising to come back sailing an island.
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Hawaiian vs Greek Cage Match to the Death!Hawaiian Test ReviewPretty much just look over the presentation notes, but you can also play this Kahoot. Test Question Creator Hawaiian Mythology Links
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Practically all of the information gained on this came from Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Beckwith. This is a book I bought on my honeymoon because even then I was a complete nerd. It is THE book on Hawaiian gods and goddesses. You don't have to go to Hawaii to get it any more. You can buy it on Amazon. |