Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi; Hawaiian pronunciation: Mah-ee-leeh-koo-kah-heeh; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D.[1][2] He is known today from the old chants as one of the early and beneficent rulers of Oʻahu.[3]
He was the founder of the House of Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: Hale o Maʻilikūkahi).
Biography[edit]
Maʻilikūkahi lived in the 15th or 16th century, but there is also possibility that he was born at the end of the 14th century.
He was born on Oʻahu as a son of the nobleman named Kukahiaililani (lani = "sky"). His mother was his fatherʻs spouse, a wife or a concubine of an unknown name.[4] He was thus a paternal descendant of the High Chiefess Maelo of Kona district, O`ahu.[citation needed]
Maʻilikūkahi succeeded his relative, Haka of Oʻahu, and subdivided the land into numerous ahupuaʻa. He had many rivals.[5]
Maʻilikūkahiʻs son was Chief Kālonaiki of Oʻahu, his successor.
See also[edit]
- Alii nui of Oahu
- Maweke, Maʻilikūkahiʻs ancestor
References[edit]
- ^ Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, Opseg 233. Bishop Museum Press, 1972.
- ^ Martha Warren Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology
- ^ Edith Kawelohea McKinzie; Ishmael W Stagner. 1986. Hawaiian genealogies: extracted from Hawaiian language newspapers. Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus; Honolulu, Hawaii: Distributed by University of Hawaii Press.
- ^ In one chant, his mother is called Kokalola.
- ^ Glen Grant (1994). Obake: Ghost Stories in Hawai'i.