ID: 901002526 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002526	Record Type: Character/Person

	Laka (Hawaiian deity)

Note: Hawaiian goddess of dance, honored by islanders through hula.

Names:

	Laka (Hawaiian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
		........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
		............Laka (Hawaiian deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Hawaiian (culture or style)
	.....(Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... dance (performing arts genre)
	.....(genres for performing arts, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Laka (Hawaiian deity)
	................Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)
	................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)