Kakaalaneo
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Kakaʻalaneo was the 12th Mo'i of Maui. He was the titular chieftain or king of the island of Maui.
He was son of Kaulahea I of Maui. His brother was Kakae. Kakaalaneo appears to be the center of the legends of that reign. He and his brother, appears to have jointly ruled Maui and Lanai with his elder brother holding the title of Moi. The brothers courts were at Lahaina which at that time still preserved its ancient naem of Lele. Tradition has gratefully remembered him as the one who planted the bread fruit trees in Lahaina, for which the place in after times became so famous for.
A marvellous legend is still told of one of his sons, named Kaululaau, who, for some of his wild pranks at his father's court in Lahaina, was banished to Lanai, which island was said to have been terribly haunted by Akua-ino, ghosts and goblins. Kaululaau, however, by his prowess and skill, exorcised the spirits, brought about peace and order on the island, and was in consequence restored to the favour of his father. It was said that Kaululaau's mother was Kanikaniaula of the Molokai Kamauaua family, through Haili, a brother of Keoloewa. One legend mentions six children of Kaululaau by the names of Kuihiki, Kuiwawau, Kuiwawau-e, Kukahaulani, Kumakaakaa, and Ulamealani. No further record of them are kept, however.
With another wife, named Kaualua, Kakaalaneo had a son Kaihiwalua, who was the fahter of Luaia, who became the husband of the noted Kukaniloko, duaghter of Piliwale, the Moi of Oahu, son of Kalona-iki, and brother of Lo-Lale. Kakaalaneo is also said to have had a daughter named Wao, who caused the watercourse in Lahaina called Auwaiawao to be dug and named after her.
He was succeeded by his nephew Kahekili I, son of his brother Kakae.
[edit] Reference
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Page 82, 83
| Preceded by Kakae |
Moʻi of Maui | Succeeded by Kahekili I |
