Haho of Maui

Haho[2][3] (born c. 1098 in Hawaii[4]) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chief (Alii),[5] who was a Moʻi of Maui. He is mentioned in legends and old chants and is also called Hoaho.[6]

Haho
OccupationKing of Maui[1]
Spouse(s)Kauilaʻanapa
ChildrenPalena of Maui
Parent(s)Paumakua of Maui
Manokalililani

Family

Haho was a son of Paumakua of Maui and High Chiefess Manokalililani, who was a daughter of Chiefess Hoʻohokukalani II (named after the goddess Hoʻohokukalani) and sister of Paumakua.[7]

He married High Chiefess Kauilaʻanapa (also called Kauilaianapu in chants). Their son was Palena of Maui and his daughter-in-law was Hikawai-Nui, who was a daughter of Kauilaʻanapa and her other husband, Limaloa-Lialea.[8]

Haho and his son are mentioned in chant Kumulipo.[9]

Legacy

Haho was remembered as the founder of the Aha-Aliʻi, an institution which literally means "the congregation of chiefs".

Notes
  1. Kings of Maui
  2. Very rare name. It means "thin" or "to fail".
  3. History of the Sandwich Islands: By Sheldon Dibble
  4. Haho's family
  5. Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Vol. 2. Trübner & Co.
  6. It is also possible that he was called Hōʻaho.
  7. Hoohokukalani
  8. Family of Kauilaanapa
  9. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant by Martha Warren Beckwith
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