Umi-a-Liloa

Umi was given a number of royal tokens to prove he was the son of Liloa, including a lei niho palaoa. The lei (necklace) was made of braided human hair and whale bone.

ʻUmi-a-Līloa (fifteenth century) was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku (High chief of Hawaiʻi Island) who inherited religious authority of HawaiʻiHawaiian Islands from his father, High Chief Līloa, whose line is traced, unbroken to Hawaiian "creation".[1] Aliʻi-ʻAimoku is the title bestowed on the ruler of a moku, district or island. His mother was Akahi. She was of a lesser line of chiefs who Līloa had fallen in love with when he discovered her bathing in a river. He became Aliʻi nui after the death of his half-brother Hākau, who inherited the lands of his father to rule.[2] ʻUmi-a-Līloa was considered a just ruler, religious[3] and the first to unite almost all of [Hawaii (island].[4] The legend of Umi is one of the most popular hero sagas in Hawaiian history. While there is probably embellishment to the story, as many sagas do, a portion of historical accuracy remains.[5]

ʻUmi-a-Līloaʻs wife was Princess Piʻikea,[6] daughter of Piʻilani, Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui. Piʻikea and ʻUmi were the parents of son Kumalae[7][8] and daughter Aihākōkō.

  1. ^ David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii) (1888). The legends and myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people. C.L. Webster & Company. pp. 288–.
  2. ^ Flannery, Kent (15 May 2012). The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire. Harvard University Press. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-0-674-06497-3.
  3. ^ Stacy L. Kamehiro (2009). The Arts of Kingship: Hawaiian Art and National Culture of the Kalākaua Era. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-0-8248-3263-6.
  4. ^ Greg Ward (2001). Hawaii. Rough Guides. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-1-85828-738-6.
  5. ^ Martha Warren Beckwith (1976). Hawaiian Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-0-8248-0514-2.
  6. ^ Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). SEPTEMBER 23, 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei".
  7. ^ Kumalae
  8. ^ Family trees of the Chiefs of Hawaii