Akalana

Also known as: Kalana / Talanga · Role: father of Maui · First appears: Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1

In Chapter I · Maui’s Home · Part 1, the Hawaiian family chant names Akalana as the husband of Hina-a-ke-ahi and father of Maui First, Maui-waena, Maui Kiikii, and Maui of the malo.

In Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 3, Talanga—also called Kalana—is described as a resident of the underworld and a great friend of Mahuika. In Part 4, the Tokelau Islands version says that after Talanga threatened Mahuika, she taught him how to make fire, which trees to use, how to cook food, and which fish to cook or eat raw.

Relationship record

Life events

• In the Hawaiian family chant, Akalana was Hina-a-ke-ahi's husband.(Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1)
  • With: Hina
  • “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife;”
• In the Tokelau Islands legend, after Talanga threatened her, Mafuika taught him how to make fire and cook food.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4 · 📍 the lower world)
  • With: Mahuika
  • “She refused either to give fire or to teach how to make it. Talanga threatened to kill her, and finally persuaded her to teach how to make fire in any place he might dwell--and the proper trees to use, the fire-yielding trees. She also taught him how to cook food--and also the kind of fish he should cook, and the kinds which should be eaten raw.”

Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1

• child: Maui First “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
• child: Maui-waena “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
• child: Maui “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
• child: Maui of the malo “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
• married with Hina “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife;”

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 1

• child: Maui “In the Hawaiian legends Kalana is Maui's father.”

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 3

• child: Maui “Maui's or Ti'iti'i's father Talanga (Kalana) was also a resident of the under-world and a great friend of the earthquake god.”
• benefactor: Mahuika “O rock! divide. I am Talanga, I come to work On my land Given by Mafuie.”
• friends with Mahuika “Maui's or Ti'iti'i's father Talanga (Kalana) was also a resident of the under-world and a great friend of the earthquake god.”

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4

• child: Maui “The Tokelau Islanders say that Talanga (Kalana) known in other groups of islands as the father of Maui, desired fire in order to secure warmth and cooked food.”
• mentor: Mahuika “She refused either to give fire or to teach how to make it. Talanga threatened to kill her, and finally persuaded her to teach how to make fire in any place he might dwell--and the proper trees to use, the fire-yielding trees.”

Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon

• married with Hina “the Hina of Hilo, the wife of Akalana, the father of Maui”

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