Hawaiian mythology Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system. Hawaiian religion is based largely on the tapu religion common in Polynesia and likely originated among the Tahitians ...

, Kuhimana was a

High Chief A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...

who ruled as the 7th known Moʻi of Maui. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

and is mentioned in old chants as semi-mythical person. Not much is said about him in ancient legends. He was named after one god. He was born c. 1393.

Family

Kuhimana was son of Luakoa of Maui and thus a grandson of Paukei. He followed his father as king of Maui. He married his sister, Chiefess Kaumana I and fathered

Kamaloohua Kamaloʻohua (also called Kamalu-Ohua) (ca. 1416) was a High Chief in ancient Hawaii, according to Hawaiian mythology, and is mentioned in old legends and chants. He was ''Moʻi'' - King of the island of Maui. He was the king of Maui island. It ...

and a daughter named Waohaʻakuna, through whom

Maʻilikākahi Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: ''Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi''; Hawaiian pronunciation: ''Mah-eeleeh-kah-kah-heeh''; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D. He is known today fro ...

Oahu Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...

became connected with the Maui line of chiefs. She does not appear by that name on the Kakuhihewaʻs pedigree, though, according to ancient custom, it was very common for high chiefs to be known by several names. Kaumana is also known as Kaʻana.Kaʻana is the name given by Samuel Kamakau according to ''Pukui''. When Kuhimana was slain at the Battle of Kaeleiki, his sister-bride was so distraught that she killed herself and fell over the corpse of her husband. His son Kamaloʻohua would succeed him as ''Moʻi'' of Maui.

References

* Abraham Fornander, ''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations'', Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.

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{{Authority control Royalty of Maui Hawaiian legends 1393 births 15th-century deaths