the Hawaiian legends — Minor Figures

15 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.

Alae-iki

fire-making bird · first appears Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 3

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 3 · enemies with Maui “At Waianae he leaped suddenly among the birds. They scattered the fire, and the younger bird tried to snatch his banana from the coals and flee, but Maui seized him and began to twist his neck.”

man who ridiculed Maui · first appears Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 2

Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 2 · enemies with Maui “Maui chased this man around the island from one side to the other until they had passed through Lahaina (one of the first mission stations in 1828). There on the seashore near the large black rock of the legend of Maui lifting the sky he found Moemoe.”

uncle of Maui · first appears Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2

Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2 · younger kin: Maui “Here he aroused the anger of two uncles, his mother's brothers, who were called ‘Tall Post’ and ‘Short Post,’ because they guarded the entrance to a cave in which the Maui family probably had its home.”
Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2 · enemies with Maui “They fought hard with Maui, and were thrown, and red water flowed freely from Maui's forehead.”

uncle of Maui · first appears Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2

Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2 · younger kin: Maui “Here he aroused the anger of two uncles, his mother's brothers, who were called ‘Tall Post’ and ‘Short Post,’ because they guarded the entrance to a cave in which the Maui family probably had its home.”
Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2 · enemies with Maui “They fought hard with Maui, and were thrown, and red water flowed freely from Maui's forehead.”

priest · first appears Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1

Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “Maui changed himself into an eel and stretched himself along the side of the trunk of the tree. The tree stretched itself upward and Maui failed to reach the girl. A priest came along and struck the eel and killed it, and so Maui died.”

Maui's grandmother · first appears Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 2

Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 2 · younger kin: Maui “Then she gave him fifteen strands of well-twisted fiber and told him to go to his grandmother, who lived in the great crater of Haleakala, for the rest of the things in his conflict with the sun.”
Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 2 · recipient: Maui “The old woman gave a magic stone for a battle axe and one more rope.”

boy · first appears Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1

Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “The Hawaiians in another legend say that Maui was chasing a boy and girl in Honolii gulch, Hawaii.”

girl · first appears Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1

Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “The Hawaiians in another legend say that Maui was chasing a boy and girl in Honolii gulch, Hawaii.”

Maui's critic · first appears Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 1

Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “When the clouds rested on the tops of the mountains, Maui turned to punish his critic.”

bird · first appears Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2 · enemies with Maui “Maui was impatient--and just as the old Alae began to select sticks with which to make the flames he leaped swiftly out and caught her and held her prisoner.”

a woman who gives Maui a drink · first appears Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 1

Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 1 · recipient: Maui “The woman handed the gourd to him.”

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

Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · parent: Akalana “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · parent: Hina “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”

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

Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · parent: Akalana “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”
Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · parent: Hina “Akalana was the man; Hina-a-ke-ahi was the wife; Maui First was born; Then Maui-waena; Maui Kiikii was born; Then Maui of the malo.”

brother bird · first appears Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2 · siblings with elder Alae “Here dwelt two brother birds of the Alae family.”

brother bird · first appears Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2 · siblings with younger Alae “Here dwelt two brother birds of the Alae family.”

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