Waka is one of the lizard goddesses who was worshipped by female chiefs in Hawai’i (yes, there are others! All in all, there are supposedly as many as 4000 deities in Hawai’i). One of the mountains on the planet Venus is named after her, Waka mons. To download your free wallpaper, hop over to my …
Your free wallpaper of October shows Lea, the goddess of canoe builders (yes, there’s such a thing hehe). I used all different kinds of handmade watercolors for this piece: Stakiwicolours, 31purplefish, Pink Chicken watercolors, Cloverset watercolors, Les couleurs des VF, Le Pigmentarium. Yes I love me some good handmade paints 🙂 Click here to download …
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Your free wallpaper of September shows Nu’akea, Hawaiian goddess of milk and lactation. I used my brandnew alohawatercolors Vanilla moon set (Vanilla, King Protea, Kaona, Moonbeam) for this portrait. The lettering was done in Procreate. This wallpaper is available in 2 sizes, with and without dates, and also for your phone. Follow this dropbox link …
Your free wallpaper of August shows Hi’iaka, the goddess of hula dancers, chant, sorcery and medicine. Her sister Pele (the goddess of volcanoes) brought her to Hawaii in the form of an egg. Pele kept the egg with her at all times, until Hi’iaka was born (or hatched, I guess “Hi’i” means to carry in …
Your free wallpaper of July shows Laka, the goddess of wild forests and of the Hula dance.
Your free wallpaper of June shows Haumea, sometimes also referred to as Papa. She’s the creator of the Hawaiian islands and goddess of fertility and childbirth. You can see the shapes of all 8 Hawaiian islands tattoed onto Haumea’s face here: Hawai’i (also called Big island), Maui, O’ahu, Kaua’i, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Ni’ihau, Kaho’olawe. The ‘Ulu …
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Your free wallpaper of May shows the famous Pele (short for Pelehonuamea, which means “she who shapes the sacred land”). Pele is the powerful goddess of volcanoes and fires and resides in Kilauea, one of the volcanoes here on the Big island of Hawai’i. One of the first things I’ve been told here …
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Your free wallpaper of April shows Namaka, goddess of the sea. She’s the sister of powerful volcano goddess Pele. They don’t get along that well, though. Pele snatches Namaka’s lover away … naaah … no go! – that’s why Namaka sends high tides and floods to destroy Pele’s lands – and the volcano goddess strikes …
Kuku’ena is the Hawaiian goddess of Lei making. Leis are beautiful handmade garlands and wreaths, often made from flowers and native plants such as Maile, a fragrant leaf. Kuku’ena is wearing a Haku lei here (a head lei). Download your wallpaper in 2 different sizes and with or without dates, as well as a version …
Poliahu is the Hawaiian goddess of snow and ice and one of the four deities of Mauna Kea. She features this month’s wallpaper, which is available in 3 sizes (2 monitor sizes and 1 phone size) and with or without dates. Download here from my dropbox!
