Hina
Tuamotuan · deity · mythic · deity
Entered deity / female / immortal / mythic. The multi-aspect Polynesian Hina; her aspect-names (moon-woman; Hina-fa'auru-va'a the canoe-pilot) are treated as one figure. Wired to Maui as lover (the Te Tuna cycle); her own parentage is not securely given, so no parentId is asserted (she carries a real in-batch edge, so not flagged SOLITARY). Her brother Ru is named but not authored.
Domains
- the moon
- canoe piloting and navigation
Powers
- steers/pilots the canoe (Hina-fa'auru-va'a)
- pilots and names the islands from the bow of the voyaging canoe
- watches over night travellers from the moon
Epithets
- Hina-fa'auru-va'a
- Hina-i-aa-i-te-marama
Relations
- lover: Maui-tikitiki
- equated with: Hina
- equated with: Sina
- equated with: Hina
- equated with: Hina
- equated with: Ina
- equated with: Hina
- equated with: Nuahine
- sibling: Ru
- spouse: Te Tuna