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ID: 901002520
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002520
Record Type: Character/Person

Kane (Hawaiian deity)

Note: Chief god of the Hawaiian pantheon; creator god and the god of light.

Names:
Kane (Hawaiian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Kāne (Hawaiian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
............Kane (Hawaiian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Hawaiian Creation Story
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander narratives, Hawaiian Creation Story (Hawaiian narrative)) [901002529]
related to .... Kanaloa
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander characters, Kanaloa (Hawaiian deity)) [901002523]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... creator god
.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Kane (Hawaiian deity)
................Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982) IV
Kāne (Hawaiian deity)
................Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)
................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

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