Princess Kumaka, Chiefess of Hana

This is Kiha's wife #1; Kiha is known also as Kiha-a-Piilani. Eldest son of Mo'i Piilani, Kiha was living in the Kingdom of O'ahu with grandparents from that island and discovered that Maui had been inherited by his younger brother who was living in the Kingdom of Maui with their father. After a ferocious struggle, Prince Kiha became Mo'i of Maui.

It is this Kiha from which I was taught that great [4 X's] grandma Kanekapolei descends on her father's side, for at some point her own father, Prince Kauakahiakua 'o Lono... moves to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and she marries the Mo'i of Hawai'i...Kalani'opu'u. She gives this king, her first and most official mate...1-to-3 sons. I say this because there are some genealogists who say she gave him only two and the second one was later claimed by Kamehameha I himself.

Often historic "facts" really depend on who is telling the story and what specific circumstances prevailed within which such declarations had to be/were...made. Much of such is discussed, but often not put on palapala by many of us.

Is why we must remain humble as we share our mana'o. Only God Almighty knows Absolute Truth. We can only guess and approximate it....sometimes. Lptm

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Kiha had many wives and many concubines. As a result....it is especially with this king that genealogists later explained that the "...true might and strength of the Maui warrior lay primarily in the fact that,,,

they were all very close relatives."

There is a whispered derivative motto I learned as a teenager from daddy that shows what subsequent ali'i fathers taught their keiki. I only tell it at kuka kuka sessions with cousins, for it actually was one of the lessons dad taught me that I scoffed at and privately marked in my head as "crazy advice from daddy"....

until one day as a public school teacher, in a moment of crisis and danger.., the auto-suggestion "kicked in" and I found the lesson came in extremely handy for my own safety, protection and career. The power of childhood training with mo'olelo-laiden lessons...passed on within a childhood of safety, love and gentleness,... there is something to this way of instructing the young child. Thank you, daddy, You were right after all. Lptm

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The Mahi and the 'I also share a derivative myth related to this Maui tradition, that also attempts to explain how one family usually won their battles more decisively when pitted against the other, yet the other family never gave up and soon other families dreaded going to battle against this second family.

How did these two families reconcile their different results on the battlefield? Why with a powerful marriage that united the two families, so that from then on...they fought on the same side. Fascinating stuff....Lptm

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And how might this Maui/Hawaii code of Family Conduct and Love/Loyalty manifest itself today in the community at kanaka maoli gatherings. Again, I could share what I have experienced at cousin kuka kuka sessions. Lptm