Aikanaka_(mythology)

Aikanaka (mythology)

Aikanaka (mythology)

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For other uses, see Aikanaka (disambiguation).

In Hawaiian mythology, ʻAikanaka (or ʻAi Kanaka, ʻAikane) is a mortal chief.

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His name means "man eater". His father was named Hulumanailani, whilst his mother was named Hinamaikalani.[1]

ʻAikanaka married Hinahanaiakamalama (according to the Ulu genealogy). She gave birth to sons named Hemā and Puna.[2][3] ʻAikanaka is also depicted to have married the moon goddess lona, who carried ʻAikanaka on her wings.[4]

According to the Ulu genealogy, ʻAikanaka was born about 746 AD.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Samuel Kamakau. Tales and Traditions of People of Old.
  2. [2]
    E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.
  3. [3]
    Martha Warren Beckwith: Hawaiian Mythology, Reprinted in Honolulu (Univ. of Hawaii Press), 1996, pp. 214-25
  4. [4]
    Knappert, Jan (1992). Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. Aquarian/Thorsons. p. 169. ISBN 9781855381339.
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