Lona (mythology)

Lona is a goddess in Hawaiian mythology who is associated with the moon.

Lona is regarded as the Polynesian moon goddess who went down to earth and took the mortal man Ai Karaka (also Aikanaka) as her husband. She led him into her own kingdom, the "White Kingdom". It has different names on the Pacific Islands, so it is sometimes referred to as Mahina (Ma-Hina), which corresponds to the Hawaiian word for the moon. Other names are Loa Loa, Loau Lona, Lowa, in Tahiti Ta'aro or Hina and in Samoa as Sina. She lived with Ai Karaka until he died of old man. In Maui, the moon goddess is also called Hina and her human husband is Aikanaka.

Individual evidence

↑ Mahina on kapalama.ksbe.edu, accessed February 25, 2014.
^ Lona on mythologydictionary.com, accessed February 25, 2014.
^ William Drake Westervelt: Hina, the woman of the Moon. in: Legends of Maui a demi-god of Polynesia and his mother Hina. Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu 1910, OCLC 250577216 .

[1] Mahina on kapalama.ksbe.edu, accessed February 25, 2014.

[2] Lona on mythologydictionary.com, accessed February 25, 2014.

[3] William Drake Westervelt: Hina, the woman of the Moon. in: Legends of Maui a demi-god of Polynesia and his mother Hina. Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu 1910, OCLC 250577216 .