Nuʻakea

Nuʻakea was a High Chiefess in Ancient Hawaii.[2]

"Nuakea" redirects here. For the goddess, see Nuakea (deity).
Nuʻakea
Chiefess
ConsortChief Keʻoloʻewa[1]
IssueKapau-a-Nuʻakea
FatherKeaunui
MotherWehelani

Nuʻakea was born on the island of Oʻahu to the High Chief Keaunui of ʻEwa and his wife, High Chiefess Wehelani and was named after the goddess of lactation.[3] Nuʻakea was a granddaughter of famous chief Maweke.

Brothers of Nuʻakea were Laʻakona of ʻEwa and prophet Moʻi.

Nuʻakea went on Molokaʻi and married Keʻoloʻewa, the second known lord of the island. The only known child of Nuʻakea and her husband was Kapau-a-Nuʻakea, named after her mother.

Nuʻakea was a grandmother of Kamauliwahine and ancestress of Kalahumoku I.[4]

Myth
Main article: Nuakea (deity)

According to the myth, Nuʻakea was a goddess who went on Earth and married a mortal, but this is only a story that explains how the idea of Hawaiian goddess of lactation developed.[5]

References
  1. Nuakea
  2. Kalākaua. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People.
  3. Native Planters in Old Hawaii: their life, lore, and environment by Edward Smith Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy and Mary Kawena Pukui
  4. "Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii - pafg136 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File". Kekoolani.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Warren Beckwith. See this page.
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