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Poʻe o nā moʻolelo.

• Legendary beings include akua (gods); kupua (demigods); ʻaumākua (family gods); akua lapu (ghosts); poʻe ʻeʻepa (mysterious beings); moʻo, kiha (water lizards); koa (warriors).
• Other beings: ʻāʻāhualiʻi, ʻāʻaia, ʻaʻai anuhea a Kāne, ʻalaneo, ʻEleʻū, Hāloa, Hānaiakamalama, Hiʻiaka, Hilo, Hinaʻaikamalama, Holu, Hoʻohokuikalani, Hōpoe, Kahaʻula, Kahinaliʻi, Kaioʻe, Kamapuaʻa, Kanaloa, Kāne, Kānepaʻina, Kiha, Kihawahine, kīwaʻa, Kū, Kuamū, Kuʻialua, Kulukuluʻā, Laʻalūʻau, Laenihi, Laka, lale, Lanikāula, Lima-loa, Lohiʻau, Lonopūhā, Mālei, Maliʻo, Māui, Mauliola, Mokuhāliʻi, Nuʻakea, Pele, poki, Poliʻahu, Pua, Wākea.
• Some little people: Menehune, Melehune, Mū, Nāmū, Mūʻaimaiʻa, Nāwā, Nāwao, peke.
• References:
  • See HM.
• Notes:
  • No concepts were comparable to European fairy, brownie, elf; supernatural beings looked like people.