Kukohou
| Kukohou | |
|---|---|
| Father | Loʻe |
| Mother | Hinamaileliʻi |
| Wife | Hinakeʻuki |
| Issue | Kaniuhu |
In Hawaiian mythology, Kukohou (or Kukohoa) was the High Chief of Hawaii island in ancient Hawaii. He was either a character of legends and chants or semi-mythical ruler.[1]
His title was Aliʻi Aimoku - "King of the Island".
Family
According to Abraham Fornander, Kukohou was maybe a son of the king Pilikaaiea, the first known Hawaiian Chief, a member of the Pili line from Tahiti. Fornander also mentions that wife of Kukohou was the daughter of some southern chief who accompanied Pili to Hawaiʻi.[2] 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.[3]
His wife was Chiefess Hinakeʻuki and their famous grandson was Chief Kanipahu.[4]
Kukohou's son was Kaniuhu, also called Kaniuhi. Malo said that he never heard anything about him.[5] Kaniuhu was Alii Aimoku after his father (ca. 1185-1215).[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Kukohou
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hinakeuki
- ↑ "Of traditions regarding Lanakawai, Laau, Pili, Koa, Ole, Kukohou, Kaniuhi, I have heard none."
- ↑ 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).