Hina Ke Ahi

Family: the Hawaiian legends · Role: daughter of Hina · First appears: Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1

In the Hawaiian account in Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills, Hina gave Hina Ke Ahi the hill Halai for her family and dependents. During a famine, Hina Ke Ahi pitied her suffering people and arranged a great feast. She ordered a place made in the imu for a human sacrifice, then lay on its burning stones and was covered with earth. On the second day she appeared as a pool named Moe Waa; on the third, she caused a spring of sweet water to burst forth at the seashore. She emerged from the imu alive, and the hungry people found abundant food.

Her sister Hina Kuluua repeatedly sent rain to put out the fires Hina Ke Ahi tried to kindle. Unable to endure the rain, Hina Ke Ahi fled with her people to a home by the sea. She and Hina Kuluua are remembered as sisters of Maui.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · 📍 Halai)
  • With: Hina Hina Kuluua
  • “Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.”
• During the famine, Hina Ke Ahi decided to provide food for her suffering people.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · 📍 Halai)
  • “Hina Ke Ahi pitied her suffering friends and determined to provide food for them.”
• Hina Ke Ahi directed the people to prepare the imu for cooking a great feast.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · 📍 Halai)
  • “When the stones were hot, Hina Ke Ahi directed the people to arrange the imu in its proper order for cooking the materials for a great feast.”
• Hina Ke Ahi ordered the people to make a place in the imu for a human sacrifice.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 1 · 📍 Halai)
  • “Then Hina told them to make a place in the imu for a human sacrifice.”
• Hina Ke Ahi lay on the burning stones and had herself covered with dirt in the imu.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • “I shall lie down on its bed of burning stones. I shall sleep under its cover. But deeply cover me or I may perish.”
• Hina Ke Ahi appeared as a pool named Moe Waa.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • “The second day passed. Hina was still journeying underground, but this time she came to the surface as a pool named Moe Waa (canoe sleep) much nearer the sea.”
• Hina Ke Ahi caused a spring of sweet water to burst forth from the seashore.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • “The third day came and Hina caused a great spring of sweet water to burst forth from the sea shore in the very path of the ocean surf.”
• Hina Ke Ahi emerged from the imu alive, and the hungry people found abundant food.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • “When this was done, the hungry people found a very great abundance of food, enough to supply their want until the food plants should have time to ripen and the days of the famine should be over.”
• Hina Kuluua repeatedly sent rain to extinguish the fires Hina Ke Ahi tried to kindle.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • With: Hina Kuluua
  • “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”
• Hina Ke Ahi fled with her people to a home by the seaside.(Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2)
  • “Hina Ke Ahi could not stand the rain and so fled with her people to a home by the seaside.”

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.”
• benefactor: Hina “Hina the mother gave the hill Halai to Hina Ke Ahi and the hill Puu Honu to Hina Kuluua for their families and dependents.”

Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 2

• siblings with Hina Kuluua “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”
• enemies with Hina Kuluua “The second sister, Hina Kuluua, the goddess of rain, was always very jealous of her beautiful sister Hina Ke Ahi, and many times sent rain to put out fires which her sister tried to kindle.”

Chapter XIV · The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills · Part 3

• siblings with Maui “The ghosts of Hina Ke Ahi and Hina Kuluua sometimes draw near to the old hills in the form of the fire of flowing lava or clouds of rain while the old men and women tell the story of the Hinas, the sisters of Maui, who were laid upon the burning stones of the imus of a famine.”

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