Maʻilikākahi
Chief Maʻilikākahi (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Maʻilikākahi; Hawaiian pronunciation: Mah-eeleeh-kah-kah-heeh; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii.[1][2] He is known today from the old chants as one of the early and beneficent rulers of Oʻahu.[3]
He was the founder of the House of Maʻilikākahi (Hawaiian: Hale o Maʻilikākahi).
Biography
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Maʻilikākahi lived in the 15th or 16th century, but there is also possibility that he was born at the end of the 14th century.
He was born on Oʻahu as a son of the nobleman named Kukahiaililani (lani = "sky"). His mother was his fatherʻs spouse, a wife or a concubine of an unknown name.[4] He was thus a paternal descendant of the High Chiefess Maelo of Kona.[5]
Maʻilikākahi succeeded his relative, Haka of Oʻahu, and subdivided the land into numerous ahupuaʻa. He had many rivals.[6]
Maʻilikākahiʻs son was Chief Kālonaiki of Oʻahu, his successor.
See also
- Alii nui of Oahu
- Maweke, Maʻilikākahiʻs ancestor
References
- ↑ Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, Opseg 233. Bishop Museum Press, 1972.
- ↑ Martha Warren Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology
- ↑ Edith Kawelohea McKinzie; Ishmael W Stagner. 1986. Hawaiian genealogies: extracted from Hawaiian language newspapers. Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus; Honolulu, Hawaii: Distributed by University of Hawaii Press.
- ↑ In one chant, his mother is called Kokalola.
- ↑ The family tree of Maʻilikākahi (by Christopher Buyers)
- ↑ Glen Grant (1994). Obake: Ghost Stories in Hawai'i.