Moon

Huli hana = 'moon'. Lunar goddess, the only daughter among Honabe's children; paired with her brother Ni the sun. Demigod tier as offspring of the creator pair.

Parentage

• Creator-Mother
• Sky-Father

Domains

• moon
• fertility rites

Powers

• Becomes and governs the moon, the great night-light

Relations

• sibling: Ancestor of the Huli
• sibling: Malevolent God
• sibling: Firstborn God
• sibling: Sun
• sibling: Piandela

Sources

• Glasse, R.M. (1965). 'The Huli of the Southern Highlands.' In Lawrence & Meggitt (eds.), Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia. Oxford University Press.
• Frankel, S. (1986). The Huli Response to Illness. Cambridge University Press.