Many of the cosmos of the Hawaiian's are Polynesian mythic traditions as they talk about the natural forces and mans dependence on nature. As told in the "Kumulipo creation chant", they believe in the sky father called "Wakea", and earth mother called "Papa" gave birth to the islands. They believed in two main gods Kane and Kanaloa and a demi-god Maui. The basis of their religion explains how everyone and everything is connected to the same one spirit(Mana). And how the universe is connected as a whole. Hawaiians respected what they thought to be powerful forces of the world and the worship of " Akua "(gods) and " 'Aumakua "(ancestors). Each god represented characteristics of how man and nature interact ;
Kanaloa: god of the sea
Lono: god of peace rain and fertillity
In the worship of ancestral figures,individual stories were woven into the memorable fabric. Such stories would tie together past generations to the current ones.The stories reflected all core values of Hawaiian society: respect for the land, sea, one another, animals, plants, and the strive for balance and structural unity.
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