Nana'ulu

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According to the traditional Hawaiian genealogy handed down in Kumulipo, Nanaʻulu (Nanaulu, Nana-Ula) is the son of Kiʻi and Hinakoula. A king of this name is named for Tahiti . Nanaʻulu traveled to Hawaii with his brother Ulu , referring to one of the colonization waves from Tahiti.

Genealogy of the great chiefs in Hawaii

Nanaʻulu settled on Oʻahu and extended his power to Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi , while Ulu ruled Maui and Hawaii . The Nana'ulus lineage later merged into the Kamehamehas family . Pa'ao replaced the rule of the Ulus dynasty with a high-ranking chief family from Samoa .

The descent of the two brothers - and thus of the chiefs who derive their origin from them - leads via Papa and Wakea in direct line to the god Kāne , one of the most important deities of Hawaii and establishes the higher rank ( hoaliʻi ) compared to other chiefs as well as a special class of related kapu ( na liʻi kapu akua ).

literature

  • William Drake Westervelt: Hawaiian historical legends . Tuttle, Rutland [u. a.] (Tut books, L) 1977. ISBN 0804812160 / AMS Press, New York 1978, ISBN 0404142397 .
  • Martha Warren Beckwith : Hawaiian mythology. With a new introduction by Katharine Luomala . 10th edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1996, ISBN 0-8248-0514-3 .
  • Martha Warren Beckwith: The Kumulipo. A Hawaiian creation chant. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1951. / desgl. With a new foreword by Katharine Luomala . University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1992, ISBN 0-8248-0771-5 .
  • John Charlot: A Kumulipo of Hawai'i. Comments on Lines 1 to 615 of the Origin Chant . Academia Press, Sankt Augustin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89665-645-2 .

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