Hina Kuluua

Also known as: Hina Kuliua · Family: the Hawaiian legends · Role: daughter of Hina · First appears: Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1

In Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1, Hina gave Hina Kuluua the hill Puu Honu for her family and dependents. In Part 2, Hina Kuluua, called the goddess of rain, repeatedly sent rain to extinguish the fires her sister Hina Ke Ahi tried to kindle. She commanded her people to make a great imu for her at Puu Honu.

In Part 3, Hina Kuluua lay on the heated stones and was covered with mats and dirt. After five days, her retainers opened the imu and found only her ashes. Her escaped ghost was caught by Maui, her brother: he carried it to the forest, where an attempt to burn it failed when a great drop escaped. Maui caught it again below Kilauea and tried to destroy it in a lava oven, but it escaped and took refuge among kukui trees.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · 📍 Halai)
  • With: Hina Hina Ke Ahi
  • “Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.”
• Hina Kuluua repeatedly sent rain to extinguish the fires Hina Ke Ahi tried to kindle.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • With: Hina Ke Ahi
  • “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”
• Hina Kuluua commanded her people to make a great imu for her.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2 · 📍 Puu Honu)
  • “She commanded her people to make a great imu for her in the hill Puu Honu.”
• Hina Kuluua lay on the heated stones and was covered with mats and dirt.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3)
  • “When all was ready, she lay down on the heated stones and the oven mats were thrown over her and the ghostly provisions. Then the covering of dirt was thrown back upon the mats and heated stones, filling the pit which had been dug.”
• Maui caught the escaped ghost of Hina Kuluua and carried it to the forest to burn the rain.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3)
  • With: Maui
  • “Meanwhile Maui, changing himself into a white bird, flew up into the sky to catch the ghost of the goddess of rain which had escaped from the burning oven. Having caught this spirit, he rolled it in some kapa cloth which he kept for food to be placed in an oven and carried it to a place in the forest on the mountain side where again the attempt was made to ‘burn the rain,’ but a great drop escaped and sped upward into the sky.”
• Maui caught Hina Kuluua's ghost again, but it escaped his lava oven and took refuge among kukui trees.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3 · 📍 Kilauea)
  • With: Maui
  • “Again Maui caught the ghost of the goddess and carried it to a pali or precipice below the great volcano Kilauea, where he again tried to destroy it in the heat of a great lava oven, but this time the spirit escaped and found a safe refuge among kukui trees on the mountain side”
• Hina Kuluua's retainers opened the imu and found only her ashes.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3)
  • “The legend ordinarily told among the Hawaiians says that after five days had passed the retainers decided on their own responsibility to open the imu. No woman had appeared to give them directions. Nothing but a mysterious rain cloud over the hill. In doubt and fear, the dirt was thrown off and the mats removed. Nothing was found but the ashes of Hina Kuluua.”

Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1

• parent: Hina “Hina had several daughters, four of whose names are given: Hina Ke Ahi, Hina Ke Kai, Hina Mahuia, and Hina Kuluua.”
• benefactor: Hina “Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.”

Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2

• siblings with Hina Ke Ahi “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”
• enemies with Hina Ke Ahi “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”

Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3

• siblings with Maui “The ghosts of Hina Ke Ahi and Hina Kuluua sometimes draw near to the old hills in the form of the fire of flowing lava or clouds of rain while the old men and women tell the story of the Hinas, the sisters of Maui, who were laid upon the burning stones of the imus of a famine.”
• enemies with Maui “Meanwhile Maui, changing himself into a white bird, flew up into the sky to catch the ghost of the goddess of rain which had escaped from the burning oven.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.