In Hawaiian mythology, ʻAikanaka (or ʻAi Kanaka, ʻAikane) is a mortal chief.
ʻAikanaka | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Hinahanaiakamalama |
| Children | Hemā |
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
edit- ^ Samuel Kamakau. Tales and Traditions of People of Old.
- ^ E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.
- ^ Martha Warren Beckwith: Hawaiian Mythology, Reprinted in Honolulu (Univ. of Hawaii Press), 1996, pp. 214-25
- ^ Knappert, Jan (1992). Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. Aquarian/Thorsons. p. 169. ISBN 9781855381339.