Kapauanuakea

Kapau-a-Nuʻakea
Aliʻi Wahine of Molokaʻi
Predecessor Keoloewaakamauaua
Successor Kamauliwahine
Spouse Lanileo
Issue Kamauliwahine
Full name
Kapau-a-Nuʻakea
Father Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua
Mother Nuʻakea

Kapau-a-Nuʻakea was a Chiefess of Molokaʻi. She ruled as a Queen regnant of the island of Molokai.

According to the myth, her family descends from Nanaulu, 14th generation descendant of the god Wākea.[1][2]

She was the only known child of Chief Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua and Chiefess Nuʻakea. Through her father, she was the granddaughter of Kamauʻaʻua, the first known sovereign lord of Molokaʻi.[3][4]

Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of Maweke and cousin to Elepuʻukahonua, King of Oahu; Ewaulialaʻakona, King of ʻEwa; Mualani, Queen of Koʻolau; and Haulanuiaiakea, King of Kauai.

No special legend attaches to Kapau-a-Nuʻakea, nor to her husband Lanileo. Her daughter Kamauliwahine succeeded her as a queen.

Notes

  1. Kalākaua. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
  2. Kohana Au. Tales of the Mermaids of Waiahuakua.
  3. Nathaniel Bright Emerson (2015). Pele and Hiiaka. Lulu Press, Inc.
  4. Rubellite Kawena Johnson. Kumulipo, the Hawaiian hymn of creation.

Sources

Preceded by
Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauʻaʻua
Chiefess of Molokaʻi Succeeded by
Kamauliwahine
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