Lona (mythology)

In Hawaiian mythology, Lona is a female lunar deity who fell in love with and married a mortal, ʻAikanaka. They lived happily together until ʻAikanaka died of old age.[1][2]

For the Roman goddess, see Luna (goddess). For other uses, see Lona (disambiguation).
Lona is a goddess of the Moon

Lona and other deities

It is likely that Lona is another name for the Moon goddess Hina.[3]

A Hawaiian god with the similar name is Lono.

See also

Notes
  1. Pacific mythology: an encyclopedia of myth and legend by Jan Knappert
  2. Academic Dictionary Of Mythology by Ramesh Chopra
  3. Beckwith, pp. 214-25
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