Poliʻahu
Hawaiian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Hawaiian snow-goddess of Mauna Kea, rival of Pele.
Domains
- snow
Powers
- Mantle the mountain in snow and ice
Relations
- rival: PeleReciprocal of polynesian_pele.rival — The snow-goddess of Mauna Kea repelled Pele's fires from her mountain in their contest.W.D. Westervelt, Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (1916) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1940) (primary)