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Lono

Header: Lono
Also known as: Lono; primary name: Lono
Details: individual; deity; Hawaiian; Male
Biography: Fertility, rainfall, agriculture and music god, one of four gods in Hawaiian mythology along with Kanaloa, Kāne (twin brothers) and Kū-ka-ili-moku (Ku). Lono was also the god of peace. In one legend Lono descended to Earth on a rainbow to marry Laka. Some Hawaiians believe that Captain James Cook was Lono returned to Earth and this belief may have ultimately contributed to Cook's death on his 3rd voyage on 14th February 1779.