Mo’o-inanea is a Hawaiian dragon Goddess. She brought the dragon Gods to Hawaii and eventually settled on the island of Oahu in a clay pit. The pit was so honored by the people that it was declared tabu and was therefore to be left alone. Mo’o-inanea’s name means “self-reliant dragon.”

Hi’iaka-i-kapua-’ena’ena is the Hawaiian Goddess of lei making. She is Pele‘s older sister and the mother of Laka, Goddess of the hula. Besides making leis and ‘awa (an herbal drink) for Pele, Hi’iaka-i-kapu-’ena’ena was also responsible for the rosy glow seen on mountains and clouds in the early morning. Her name means “Hi’iaka of the burning clouds,” and some of her alternate names show her other associations, such as Hi’iaka-i-pua-’ena’ena (Hi’iaka of the burning flower) and Hi’iaka-i-pu-’ena’ena (Hi’iaka of the burning hills). Another of her names, Kuku-’ena-i-ke-ahi-ho’omau-honua (beating hot in the perpetual earth fire), is used when she acts as a guide to lost travelers. Other variations on her name include Hi’iaka-i-kapu-’ena’ena (Hi’iaka of the forbidden burning), Hi’iaka-i-tapu-’ena’ena (Hi’iaka of sacred burning), and Hi’iaka-i-kapua-’ane’ane (Hi’iaka in extreme old age).

Hina-puku-i’a is the Hawaiian Goddess of seafood. Her husband, Ku’ula-kai, is a God of fish, as is their son, Ai-ai. Her sister, Hina-puku’ai, is the Goddess of vegetables. Hina-puku-i’a is one of the many forms of the Great Goddess Hina, and her name means “Hina gathering seafood.”

Hina-’opu-hala-ko’a is the Hawaiian Goddess of coral and spiny sea creatures, such as sea urchins. She appears as either a coral reef or as a woman in Hawaiian myths. It is said that the God Maui used a piece of her coral to form a fishing hook one day. He then went fishing with his brothers and pulled the Hawaiian islands from the sea. Hina-’opu-hala-ko’a is one of the many forms of the Great Goddess Hina, and her name means “Hina of the coral stomach.”

Hina-’ere’ere-manu’a is the Tahitian Goddess of tattooing. Her parents, Hina and Ti’i, kept her hidden away, until one day she was spied by the Gods Tu Ra’i Po and Mata Mata Arahu. They decided to seduce her, and used charcoal to draw designs on one another. Hina-’ere’ere-manu’a was fascinated by the designs and wanted one for herself. She managed to evade her mother and snuck out to get a tattoo. Her name means “Hina with the quick temper.”

Tobukulu is the Tongan Goddess of fish. She is the daughter of the Great Goddess Hina and the God Toki-langa-fonua. She and her twin sister Nafanua unwittingly committed incest with their father and both became pregnant. As they were swimming back to their island home, Tobukulu gave birth to a son named Hemoana and abandoned him in the sea. She urged her sister Nafanua to abandon her baby daughter, Tafakula, as well, but she would not do it. After arriving home, Tobukulu and Nafanua were turned into stones, and fishermen left offerings to the stones to ensure a good catch.

Julunggul is the Aboriginal Goddess of rain, water, and initiation. She is the great Rainbow Snake of the Dreamtime, which preceded the coming of man. Sometimes seen as male, sometimes as female, Julunggul created all the rivers of the land, and then went to live in the bottom of a deep waterhole. One day, the Wawalag sisters came to camp by her waterhole, and one of them accidentally dripped some menstrual blood in the water. Julunggul reared up out of the deeps, and water fell from her body as rain. She swallowed the sisters, but later spit them back out.

Julunggul is invoked in the initiation of boys into manhood. She is asked to swallow them as children and then spit them back out as men. Snakes have long been associated with rebirths like this since they shed their skin, like shedding a past life and starting anew. Julunggul’s name is also seen as Yurlunggur, Ungur, Wonungur, Galeru, Worombi, Langal, and Muit.

Biliku is the Andamanese Island Goddess of creation and weather. She is a giant spider who wove webs in the sky. One day, bored with the empty sky, she sat down and made the Earth. She then made people to live on the earth, along with the plants and animals. She was so happy with the Earth that she went to live on it herself. Biliku made a fire for her home by striking a shell with a stone. After she fell asleep, a kingfisher came to steal the fire so that he could give it to man. Biliku woke up and saw him, and hurled a lightning bolt at him. She then returned to the sky, where she still flings lightning bolts and causes great storms when she gets upset.

Ikapati is the Tagalog Goddess of fertility, especially that of plants. In the beginning, Ikapati lived with her husband Bathala in the heavens, with the moon and stars as their neighbors. Although he tried to hide it from Ikapati, Bathala felt that his life was empty and Ikapati decided to do something to make him happy. She went to her garden and mixed together some clay and the dew from a banana blossom. When the ball of clay became to big for her hands, she gave it to Bathala and told him to finish it. Bathala took great joy in shaping the ball, giving it mountains and rivers. He took seeds from the plants in Ikapati’s garden and scattered them over the ball, which he now called the earth. Ikapati was proud of her husband’s work, and she placed the earth in its proper place under the sky. She poked holes in the sky so that the stars could shine through, and she created rain, which gave life to the seeds that Bathala had spread. Ikapati’s name means “giver of food,” and she is also known as Lakapati or Lakanpati.

Sinebomatu is the Dobu Goddess of the afterlife. The Dobu of Melanesia believe that Sinebomatu guards the way to Bwebweso, an extinct volcano where the spirits of the dead go. Each spirit must pay a toll of betel nuts to her before they may pass. Sinebomatu’s name means “Woman of the Northeast Wind.”