Piʻilaniwahine

Piʻilaniwahine II (piʻilani = "ascent to heaven", wahine = "woman/wife") was a Hawaiian High Chiefess.[1] She is known to us today from the old chants.[2]

Piʻilaniwahine lived in ancient Hawaii. Piʻilaniwahine’s mother was Kekaikuʻihala I; Piʻilaniwahine’s father was Kalanikaumakaowākea.[3]

Piʻilaniwahine married twice. First she married Ahu-a-ʻI; their child was Queen Lonomaʻaikanaka of Hawaiʻi. Piʻilaniwahine's second husband was Moana. Their son was named Lono, after the god.

References

  1. In Hawaiian, Piʻilaniwahine’s title is Aliʻi Wahine.
  2. Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.
  3. Samuel Kamakau. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
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