Kamapuaʻa

In Hawaiian mythology, Kamapuaʻa ("hog child")[1] is a hog-man fertility superhuman associated with Lono, the god of agriculture.

The son of Hina and Kahikiula, the chief of Oahu, Kamapuaʻa was particularly connected with the island of Maui.

[2] A kupua (demigod), Kamapuaʻa is best known for his romantic pursuit of the fire goddess Pele, with whom he shared a turbulent relationship.

Despite Pele's power, Kamapuaʻa's persistence allows him to turn her lava rock into fertile soil.

[3] Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa describes him as "defiant of all authority, bold and untamed," and states that he "recalls the pig nature that is dormant in most people .

Treacherous and tender, he thirsts after the good things in life—adventure, love, and sensual pleasure .

Wounded at Olopanaʻs disapproval, Kamapuaʻa leaves for the hills to calm himself, where he spends time scavenging and growing stronger.

Because he saw that the woman had been a good person, he raised her to new life, but damned her husband to death.

It was at this point that Kamapua’a shifted into a hog which his followers used to climb to the next level of the falls and to freedom.

Kamapua’a strikes back by summoning his sister Makahanaloa; she puts out the fire with fog and rain, and hogs run all over the place.

[10] Kamapuaʹa later returned to the island as a handsome man and made love with Pele.