Palena of Maui

For other meanings, see Palena Province or Palena, Abruzzo.

Palena (born ca. 1120, Mokae, Hana, Maui) is a name of a chief mentioned in the ancient Hawaiian legends, where it is said that he was a Moʻi - king of Maui in ancient Hawaii. It seems that he was a semi-mythical king.^[2]:27

There was also Chiefess Palena. She was a wife of Panaikaiaiki and mother of one son, Ahulinuikaʻapeapea.^[3]

Biography

According to the chant, Palena was born ca. 1120 to King Haho and his wife Kauilaʻanapa.

Kauilaʻanapa is also called Kauilaianapu. It was common that chiefs had many names.^[4]

Palena had married Hiʻilani-Hiʻileialialia, his half-sister. Her father was called Limaloa-Lialea.

Palena either had one son called Hanalaʻa or twins named Hanalaʻa-nui and Hanalaʻa-iki.^[5]

Notes

1. ↑ According to some traditions, there were Hanalaʻa-nui and Hanalaʻa-iki.
2. ↑ Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes, ed. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I 2. Trübner & Co. 
3. ↑ Palena II
4. ↑ Grandparents of Hanalaa
5. ↑ Family tree of Chief Hanalaʻa