Hina (grandmother of Maui)

Role: Maui's grandmother · First appears: Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1

In Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1, Hina (grandmother of Maui) and Maui arrived from foreign lands and dwelt in Kane-ana, at Waianae, Oahu. Maui taught her to make fire with fire sticks and coconut fibre, then suggested drawing the islands together into one land.

In Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2, Hina sent Maui inland to find an old man who could advise him. Later, when Maui called, “O Hina, keep it dark,” she darkened the dawn so Pea-pea-maka-walu would fall asleep, allowing Maui to kill him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Maui and Hina arrived from foreign lands and dwelt in Kane-ana.(Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1 · 📍 Kane-ana (Kane's cave), Waianae, Oahu)
  • With: Maui
  • “This history of Maui and his grandmother Hina begins with their arrival from foreign lands. They dwelt in Kane-ana (Kane's cave), Waianae, Oahu.”
• Maui taught Hina how to make fire with fire sticks and coconut fibre.(Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1)
  • With: Maui
  • “He returned to Hina and taught her how to make fire, using the two fire sticks and how to twist coconut fibre to catch the fire when it had been kindled in wood.”
• Maui proposed drawing the islands together into one land.(Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui suggested to Hina that he had better try to draw the islands together, uniting them in one land.”
• Maui's grandmother sent him inland to find an old man who could advise him.(Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui was greatly troubled but his grandmother sent him inland to find an old man who would tell him what to do.”
• Hina darkened the dawn so Pea-pea would fall asleep, allowing Maui to kill him.(Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2)
  • With: Maui Pea-pea-maka-walu
  • “Then Maui called to Hina with his spirit voice, ‘O Hina, keep it dark.’ Hina made the gray dawn dark in the three eyes and two closed in sleep. The last eye was weary, and it also slept. Then Maui went out of the bird body and cut off the head of Pea-pea and put it inside the bird.”

Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1

• younger kin: Maui “This history of Maui and his grandmother Hina begins with their arrival from foreign lands.”
• mentor: Maui “He returned to Hina and taught her how to make fire, using the two fire sticks and how to twist coconut fibre to catch the fire when it had been kindled in wood.”

Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2

• younger kin: Maui “Maui was greatly troubled but his grandmother sent him inland to find an old man who would tell him what to do.”

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