Palena (born ca. 1120, Mokae, Hana, Maui) is a name of a chief mentioned in the ancient Hawaiian legends, where it is said that he was Aliʻi nui of Maui in ancient Hawaii. It seems that he was a semi-mythical Aliʻi.[2]: 27 

Palena
SpouseHikawai
ChildrenHanalaʻa[1]
Parent(s)Haho of Maui
Kauwilaʻanapū

There was also Chiefess Palena. She was a wife of Panaikaiaiki and mother of one son, Ahulinuikaʻapeapea.[3]

Biography

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According to the chant, Palena was born ca. 1120 to Haho and his wife Kauilaʻanapa.

Kauilaʻanapa is also called Kauilaianapu. It was common that chiefs had many names.[4]

Palena was married to his half-sister, Hikawai. Her father was Limaloa-Lialea.

Palena either had one son called Hanalaʻa or twins named Hanalaʻa-nui and Hanalaʻa-iki.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ According to some traditions, there were Hanalaʻa-nui and Hanalaʻa-iki.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Palena II
  4. ^ Grandparents of Hanalaa
  5. ^ Family tree of Chief Hanalaʻa