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For other uses, see Palena Province and Palena, Abruzzo.
Palena
SpouseHikawai
ChildrenHanalaʻa
Parent(s)Haho of Maui
Kauwilaʻanapū

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.

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

Biography

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.

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.

Notes

  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
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