Other Figures — Minor Figures

9 figures from The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Cold-nose

boxer · first appears Chapter V

• Chapter V · enemies with Aiwohikupua “As the blow missed, Aiwohikupua instantly sent his blow, struck right on the chest and pierced to his back; then Aiwohikupua lifted the man on his arm and swung him to and fro before the crowd, and threw him outside the field, and Aiwohikupua overcame Cold-nose, and all who looked on shouted.”

Frigate-bird

messenger · first appears Chapter XVIII · Part 1

• Chapter XVIII · Part 1 · employer: Aiwohikupua “Some nights before that set for the marriage, the eleventh night of the month, the night of Huna, they came to Kawaihae; then he sent his messenger, Frigate-bird, to get Poliahu to come thither to meet Aiwohikupua on the day set for the marriage.”

Haunaka

boxer · first appears Chapter V

• Chapter V · friends with Aiwohikupua “Then Haunaka seized Aiwohikupua's hand and welcomed him, and the end of it was they made friends and the players mixed with the crowd, and they left the place; Aiwohikupua's party went with their friends and boarded the canoes, and went on and landed at Laupahoehoe.”

Kalahumoku

Aiwohikupua's man-eating dog from Tahiti · first appears Chapter XVII

• Chapter XVII · employer: Aiwohikupua “‘Go up this very day and destroy my sisters,’ said Aiwohikupua, ‘and bring Laieikawai.’”
• Chapter XVII · younger kin: Aiwohikupua “When Kalahumoku, the man-eating dog from Tahiti, came into the presence of his grandchild (Aiwohikupua), ‘Go up this very day and destroy my sisters,’ said Aiwohikupua, ‘and bring Laieikawai.’”

Lanipipili

god · first appears Chapter XVII

• Chapter XVII · protégé: Aiwohikupua “At this time Aiwohikupua, with his underchiefs and the women of his household, clapped hands in prayer before Lanipipili, his god, to annul his vow.”

Halulu

bird guardian · first appears Chapter XXVIII · Part 1

• Chapter XXVIII · Part 1 · ward: Kahalaomapuana “Now you wait here; let me call the bird guardian of you two, who will bear us to the taboo house at the borders of Tahiti.”
• Chapter XXVIII · Part 1 · ward: Kaonohiokala “Now you wait here; let me call the bird guardian of you two, who will bear us to the taboo house at the borders of Tahiti.”

Poloula

chief · first appears Chapter I · Part 2

• Chapter I · Part 2 · protégé: Hulumaniani “When Hulumaniani met Poloula he begged of him a canoe to go to Oahu. Then the canoe and men were given to him.”

Makaweli

chief · first appears Chapter XVIII · Part 1

• Chapter XVIII · Part 1 · rivals with Hauailiki “When she arrived Aiwohikupua was with Poliahu and others at Mana, where all the chiefs were gathered for the sport between Hauailiki and Makaweli.”

Lanalananuiaimakua

great ancestral spider · first appears Chapter XXVII · Part 1

• Chapter XXVII · Part 1 · protégé: Kaeloikamalama “Not long after, Great ancestral spider let down a spider-web that made a network in the air.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai. Made with Rho MD.