Hina & Lilith by Hoku Lani

Writer: Hoku Lani

Subject: Hina & Lilith

Link: MEWE / 01.04.2024

Hina & Lilith

Hina, as Goddess of the Moon, is closely linked with feminine energy, similar to Lilith. This Hawaiian Goddess is closely associated with the moon, the ocean, and female activities like cooking, crafts, sexual pleasure, as well as healing. Hina is known all over the Pacific as Hina, Sina, or ‘Ina. Essentially, she represents female energy, the Divine Feminine, and a variant of her name, hine, is used as a word ending to mean female or feminine thus how women are called “Wahine.”

Just like the story of Lilith as Adam’s first wife, the story of Hina is that she was once a mortal woman, beautiful and intelligent. Seeking her independence and growing tired of the noises and chaos of the world she sought refuge in the sky, first, she tried the sun, but it was too hot. So instead she made her home in the Moon, guiding sailors and weaving cloth. Hina found peace and became the Goddess of the Moon.

On this Full Moon, I will share another interesting story of the ancient Hawaiian Goddess Hina. She once sought to find the love of her life, and she asked the creatures of the ocean to help her find the most beautiful wahine. When they failed to do this Hina was furious and she squashed the flounder flat and split the whale’s tale with a coconut. She went off to the moon and stayed there, never to return to Earth.

Although there are some similarities between The Dark Goddess Lilith and Hina, I do not believe they are the same, I shall ask Lilith. Nonetheless, she is a powerful Goddess throughout the Pacific and a similar archetype of feminine energy. Enjoy this Full Moon and may the light of the Dark Flame always guide you.