Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ancestral shades and spirit beings

ancestral_shades_and_spirit_beings

A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hawaiian

  • Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends MYTH OF THE HILU / THE HOU, OR SNORING FISH / THE END / GLOSSARY OF HAWAIIAN WORDS; lines 7087-7378 confidence: high

    akua is defined as a deity; Aumakua as ancestral shades or god; i kini akua as spirits or angels.

    The glossary defines Aumakua as ancestral shades or god and i kini akua as spirits or angels.

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