Lono

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Lono is a principal Hawaiian god associated with agriculture, fertility, rainfall, and the Makahiki harvest festival.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tūtū Pele 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawaiian god
deity
associatedWith Makahiki festival
agriculture
fertility
games
harvest
music
peace
prosperity
rainfall
tax collection during Makahiki
classification Polynesian deity
cosmicRole bringer of life-giving rains
culture Hawaiian religion
domain agricultural abundance
fertile land
rain clouds
equatedWith Rongo in some wider Polynesian comparisons
festival Makahiki festival
surface form: Makahiki
gender male
hasMyth arrival by sea during Makahiki
connection to the origin of certain food plants
honoredBy chiefs
commoners
majorDeityGroup one of the four major Hawaiian gods
majorDeityGroupMembers Kanaloa NERFINISHED
Kane
Ku
mythologicalType god of peace and agriculture
regionOfWorship Hawaiian Islands
religion Polynesian indigenous religions
surface form: Native Hawaiian religion
ritualFunction marks beginning of agricultural year
sanctifies harvest
roleInCalendar presides over the Makahiki season
season Makahiki festival
surface form: Makahiki
seasonAssociatedWith wet season
symbol akua loa staff
gourds
pigs
rain clouds
white kapa banners
tabooPeriod warfare prohibited during Makahiki
worshipPractices kapu on warfare during Makahiki
offerings of first fruits
religious processions
sporting competitions

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Pele epithet Lono
this entity surface form: Tūtū Pele