Kukohou
| Kukohou | |
|---|---|
| Father | Loʻe |
| Mother | Hinamaileliʻi |
| Wife | Hineuki[1] |
| Issue | Kaniuhu |
In Hawaiian mythology, Kukohou (or Kukohoa) was the High Chief of the Island of Hawaiʻi in ancient Hawaii. His title was Aliʻi Nui[2] — "King of the island". His famous descendant was the King Kamehameha I.
Life
According to Abraham Fornander, Kukohou was perhaps a son of the Aliʻi Pilikaaiea, and thus a member of the Pili line. Fornander also mentions that Hineuki, the wife of Kukohou, was the daughter of some southern chief who accompanied Pili to Hawaiʻi.[3] The mother of Kukohou was Hinamaileliʻi.
He is also mentioned by David Malo, who presented a family tree of Hawaiian chiefs where Pili is a great-grandfather of Kukohou.[4]
Kukohou's son was Kaniuhu, also called Kaniuhi. Kaniuhu was the High Chief after his father (ca. 1185-1215).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii (2007). Bishop Museum Press. p. 192. On the page 192, the family tree of Kukohou is given.
- ↑ Aliʻi means "noble/chief", whilst nui means "supreme".
- ↑ Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
- ↑ David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951.
- ↑ Royal family of Hawaii by Christopher Buyers
- Catherine C. Summers, "Molokai: A Site Survey". Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14. (Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1971).
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