The name "Deira" is historically associated with an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in modern-day Northern England (Deira, c. 450–654 AD), and it is also a common given name or surname in parts of the Middle East and Europe. It has no documented link to the Hawaiian Islands.
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This paper proposes a speculative folkloric framework for "Deira" as a lost Hawaiian mythological figure. We argue that "Deira" may be a corrupted oral tradition of a pre-Polynesian visitor to the islands, synthesized from fragments of petroglyphs at Waipiʻo Valley. The name "Deira" is historically associated with an