Other Figures — Minor Figures

27 figures from Legends of Ma-ui who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Hina Ke Kai

daughter of Hina · first appears Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1

• 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.”
• Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · siblings with Maui “She was said to have been in a canoe with her brother Maui when he fished up Cocoanut Island, his line breaking before he could pull it up to the mainland and make it fast.”

Hina of the sea

Maui's sister · first appears Chapter II · Maui the Fisherman · Part 2

• Chapter II · Maui the Fisherman · Part 2 · siblings with Maui “He lifted it into the canoe, and behold! his beautiful sister Hina of the sea.”

Ina-ika

Maui's sister · first appears Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1

• Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · siblings with Maui “There were three Maui brothers and one sister, Ina-ika (Ina, the fish).”

Ka-Alae-huapi

bird · first appears Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1

• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “But again Maui caught the Alae and began to kill it, saying: ‘You gave me a plant full of water from which to get fire.’”
• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 1 · recipient: Maui “The bird said, ‘If I die you can never find fire. I will give you the secret of fire. Take a branch of that dry tree and rub.’”

Ku-olo-kele

old man · first appears Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2

• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2 · recipient: Maui “He told Maui to go and catch birds and gather ti leaves and fibers of the ie-ie vine, and fill his house.”

Kumu-lama

Maui's wife · first appears Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2

• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2 · married with Maui “He looked inland and saw his wife, Kumu-lama, seized and carried away by Pea-pea-maka-walu, ‘Pea-pea the eight-eyed.’”
• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2 · enemies with Pea-pea-maka-walu “He looked inland and saw his wife, Kumu-lama, seized and carried away by Pea-pea-maka-walu, ‘Pea-pea the eight-eyed.’”

Maui's two children

children of Maui · first appears Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 2

• Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 2 · parent: Maui “It is also said that in order to have powerful hooks for every-day fishing he killed two of his children.”

Maui-hope

Maui's brother · first appears Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2

• Chapter X · Oahu Legends of Maui · Part 2 · siblings with Maui “So also Maui-hope and Maui-waena.”