Na-maka-o-ka-hai
Family: the Pele family · Role: goddess of the sea · First appears: Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1
In Chapter II, a greater sorcerer, Au-kele-nui-a-iku, married Na-maka-o-ka-hai. “After a time he saw Pele and her beautiful young sister Hiiaka. He took them secretly to be his wives.” Na-maka-o-ka-hai’s floods destroyed Pele’s home and lands; she fought the family, defeated them, broke their houses and drove them into the ocean. At Kauai she fought Pele, leaving her broken and presumed dead, and at Hale-a-ka-la she tore Pele’s body and broke her lava bones into pieces along the seacoast of Kahiki-nui. Na-maka-o-ka-hai and Pele were sisters and enemies; after Pele’s destruction, Na-maka-o-ka-hai went toward Nuu-mea-lani rejoicing.
In the genealogy account in Chapter X, Haumea was Na-maka-o-ka-hai’s mother, and Ku-waha-ilo was her father. “The first, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, was born from the breasts of Haumea.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Au-kele-nui-a-iku secretly took Pele and Hiiaka to be his wives.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1)
- With: Au-kele-nui-a-iku
- “After a time he saw Pele and her beautiful young sister Hiiaka. He took them secretly to be his wives. This sorcerer was Au-kele-nui-a-iku.”
- Na-maka-o-ka-hai’s floods destroyed Pele’s home and lands.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1)
- Na-maka-o-ka-hai defeated the family, broke their houses, and drove them into the ocean.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1)
- With: Ka-moho-alii Pele
- “Na-maka-o-ka-hai fought the whole family and defeated them. She broke down their houses and drove them into the ocean.”
- Na-maka-o-ka-hai fought Pele, leaving her broken and presumed dead.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 2 · 📍 Kauai)
- With: Pele
- “But the sister came and fought Pele. There is no long account of the battle. Pele was broken and smashed and left for dead.”
- Na-maka-o-ka-hai tore Pele’s body and broke her lava bones into great pieces.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 2 · 📍 Hale-a-ka-la)
- With: Pele
- “Na-maka-o-ka-hai tore the body of Pele and broke her lava bones into great pieces which lie to this day along the seacoast of the district called Kahiki-nui.”
- Na-maka-o-ka-hai was born from Haumea’s breasts.(Chapter X · Genealogy of the Pele Family · Part 2)
- With: Haumea
- “The first, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, was born from the breasts of Haumea.”
Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1
- married with Au-kele-nui-a-iku “A greater sorcerer married Na-maka-o-ka-hai.”
Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 2
- siblings with Pele “The battle was fought by the two sisters hand to hand.”
- enemies with Pele “Na-maka-o-ka-hai went off toward Nuu-mea-lani rejoicing in the destruction of her hated enemy.”
Chapter III · Pele and the Owl Ghost-god
- siblings with Pele “Many, many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island Kauai and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island.”
Chapter X · Genealogy of the Pele Family · Part 1
- siblings with Pele “Pele’s brother, Ka-moho-alii, and her older sister, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, however, belonged to the powers of the sea.”
- enemies with Pele “Na-maka-o-ka-hai, a sea-goddess, as a result of family trouble, became Pele’s most bitter enemy, fighting her with floods of water, according to the legends.”
Chapter X · Genealogy of the Pele Family · Part 2
- parent: Haumea “Two daughters were born. The first, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, was born from the breasts of Haumea. Pele was born from the thighs.”
- siblings with Pele “Two daughters were born. The first, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, was born from the breasts of Haumea. Pele was born from the thighs.”
- parent: Ku-waha-ilo “The god Ku, under the name Ku-waha-ilo, was the father. Haumea was the mother. Her father was a man-eater. Her mother was a precipice (i.e., belonged to the earth). Others say Ku-waha-ilo had neither father nor mother, but dwelt in the far-off heavens. (This probably meant that he lived beyond the most distant boundary of the horizon.) Two daughters were born. The first, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, was born from the breasts of Haumea. Pele was born from the thighs.”
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Extracted from the original text of Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes. Made with Rho MD.