Hawaii religion and mythology By jiji_re24 Period: 500 to 1300 Tahitians and other Pacific islanders landed in Hawai'i Period: 1100 to 1200 Hawaiian religion came to hawaii 1200 Pāʻao, a preist or cheif arrived from Tahiti 1778 Captain James Cook made the first known European contact with the ancient Hawaiians 1792 livestock introduced to the islands by Capt. George Vancouver