Wahioloa

Also known as: Wahieloa · Role: husband of Pele in one story · First appears: Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1

In Chapter II, this story names Wahioloa as Pele’s husband and says he ran away with her sister Pele-kumu-ka-lani. Laka was his son.

Chapter X gives another account: Wahieloa was one of the husbands who lived with Pele in the ancient homes of Kuai-he-lani and Hapakuela.

Relationship record

In this story, Wahioloa ran away from Pele with her sister Pele-kumu-ka-lani.(Chapter II · How Pele came to Hawaii · Part 1)
- With: Pele Pele-kumu-ka-lani
- “This story says that Pele had a husband, Wahioloa, who ran away from her with a sister named Pele-kumu-ka-lani”
Pele lived with four husbands for a time, including two at Kilauea.(Chapter X · Genealogy of the Pele Family · Part 2 · 📍 Kilauea)
- With: Pele Au-kele-nui-a-iku Kama-puaa Lohiau
- “According to the different legends Pele had four husbands, each of whom lived with her for a time. Two of these were with her in the ancient homes of the Hawaiians, Kuai-he-lani and Hapakuela. These husbands were Aukele-nui-a-iku and Wahieloa. Two husbands came to her while she dwelt in Kilauea, her palace of fire in the Hawaiian Islands. One was the rough Kama-puaa, the other was Lohiau, the handsome king of Kauai.”

married with Pele “This story says that Pele had a husband, Wahioloa, who ran away from her with a sister named Pele-kumu-ka-lani, and that Pele searched the islands of the great ocean as she followed them, but never found them.”
child: Laka “Laka was his son, who cut down trees by day which were set up again at night by the fairies.”

married with Pele “According to the different legends Pele had four husbands, each of whom lived with her for a time. Two of these were with her in the ancient homes of the Hawaiians, Kuai-he-lani and Hapakuela. These husbands were Aukele-nui-a-iku and Wahieloa.”

Extracted from the original text of Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes. Made with Rho MD.