Kawalakiʻi

According to the Hawaiian mythology, Kawalakiʻi is a name of one male god, but his ancestry in the myth and the attributes are unknown.[1]

Hawaiian High Chief ʻUmi of Hāna made an idol of Kawalakiʻi on the island of Maui.

King of Maui Lono believed that he would be protected by the idol. The idol was destroyed by one soldier of King of Hawaiʻi, Umi-a-Liloa,[2] whose wife Piʻikea was a sister of Lono.

King of Hawaii Kamehameha I was a worshiper of Kawalakiʻi.[3]

References
  1. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
  2. The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai
  3. Story of Piimaiwaa - "This was the famed giant image watchman of Kauiki fortress; name also of the god decorated by Kame-hameha upon his victory over Kahekili of Maui."


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