Kawaokaohele
Kawaokaohele (Hawaiian for "our days of poverty") was a High Chief who ruled the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii.[1]
Kawaokaohele | |
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King of Maui | |
Spouse | Kepalaoa |
Issue | Piʻilani |
Father | King Kahekili I |
Mother | Haukanuimakamaka |
Religion | Hawaiian mythology |
Biography
Family
Kawaokaohele was a son of King Kahekili I and Haukanuimakamaka, who was a High Chiefess and is also known as Hauanuihonialawahine.[2] She was born on Kauai, but married Kahekili on Maui.
He had a brother, Peʻapeʻa Makawalu I and was a grandson of King Kakae and his wife Kapohauola.[3]
Reign
Kawaokaohele succeeded his father as king of Maui. His reign was prosperous.[4]
No war occurred during Kawaokaohele was ruler of the island.[5]
His sister, beautiful Princess Keleanohoanaapiapi, was abducted and married into the noble family of Oahu.[6]
Legend
In one ancient legend, Kawaokaohele is represented as the foster father of Piʻilani.
According to this old story, god Kū was the biological father of Piʻilani.
Family tree
Kahekili I, King of Maui | |||||||||||||||||||
Kawaokaohele | |||||||||||||||||||
Hauanuihonialawahine, Chiefess of Kauai | |||||||||||||||||||
Piʻilani, King of Maui | |||||||||||||||||||
Kepalaoa | |||||||||||||||||||
Piʻikea, Chiefess of Maui and Hawaiʻi | |||||||||||||||||||
Kumalae, Chief of Hilo | |||||||||||||||||||
ʻUmi-a-Liloa, King of Hawaiʻi | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Tales and Traditions of the People of Old: Na Mo'Olelo a Ka Po'E Kahiko by Samuel Kamakau
- Family of Haukanimaka
- Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, volume 2 by Edith Kawelohea McKinzie
- How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in ancient Hawaii by Patrick Vinton Kirch
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
- Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing by Patrick J. Moser
- Moku'ula: Maui's sacred island by P. Christiaan Klieger
- The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui