Aiwohikupua

Family: Moanalihaikawaokele's family · Role: chief · First appears: Chapter III · Part 2

In Chapter III, Aiwohikupua resolved to get Laieikawai for his wife, and in Chapter IV he dreamed she came to him. He decided to sail to Hawaii to seek her, but at Maui he met Hinaikamalama and, after losing their game, agreed that he belonged to her under their wager. He nevertheless left to continue his journey, saying their vow would be fulfilled later. In Chapter V he defeated and killed Cold-nose, then became friends with Haunaka. At Laupahoehoe in Chapter VI he embraced Hulumaniani, his seer, and wept with him; afterward he turned back without making himself known to Laieikawai. At Kohala in Chapter VII, Poliahu and Aiwohikupua confirmed their betrothal by exchanging cloaks.

In Chapter VIII, Aiwohikupua secretly told his sisters—Mailehaiwale, Mailekaluhea, Mailelaulii, Mailepakaha and Kahalaomapuana—that he had gone to Hawaii to seek Laieikawai. He and the sisters set out together, but Laieikawai refused him. In Chapters IX–XI, he left most of his sisters behind and tried to take Kahalaomapuana with him; when she leapt into the sea to return to them, he turned the canoe back, but could not find her. He sailed to Kauai without her. In Chapters XIII–XV, after admitting his journey to Kauakahialii, he sent Hauailiki to seek Laieikawai, then renewed his own pursuit when he learned his sisters had become her guardians. At Paliuli in Chapter XVI, the lizard god Kihanuilulumoku killed the forces Aiwohikupua sent against the sisters. Defeated, he returned to Kauai in Chapter XVII, gave up pursuing Laieikawai, and resolved to follow Poliahu’s commands.

In Chapter XVIII, Aiwohikupua married Poliahu. Hinaikamalama then confronted him over their wager, and that night he took her to fulfill their vow; she left him in Chapter XIX. In Chapter XXVI, he summoned Kauai’s virgins to choose wives in place of Poliahu and Hinaikamalama. When Laieikawai appeared, he fell as if dead and ordered her brought to him, but she refused to become his wife. In Chapter XXX, Kaonohiokala deprived Aiwohikupua of his wealth and condemned him to wander as a vagrant.