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A form of Moanonuikalehua: A beautiful woman...

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A form of Moanonuikalehua: A beautiful woman...

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Pukui's 1971 Hawaiian Dictionary describes a form of Moanonuikalehua as "one of a woman as beautiful as a lehua tree laden with blossoms".

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Second form: Red Moano Fish (Manybar Goatfish)

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Second form: Red Moano Fish (Manybar Goatfish)

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As Maui pulls up the islands, along with others, Moanonuikalehua snagged his famous hook into Pohakū-o-kaua'i, a rock. He then pulls this rock to Ka'ena point (Pukui, 394).

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Maui catches Moanonuikalehua's fish body and lays it on a shrine.

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Ka'ie'ie Channel is where Moanonuikalehua lived after she came with Pele from Kahiki. This channel is known for strong currents and deep blue water.

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Moanonuikalehua is portrayed in hula, as seen here at the Merrie Monarch Festival Miss Aloha Hula competition 2022. She is a powerful kupua and appointed kia'i of the channel between Kaua'i and 'Oahu- the Ka'ie'ie channel. This hula kahiko portrays Moanonuikalehua interceding when Maui using his fishhook in order to maintain balance between 'āina and ocean.

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Color Mood Duality- from the deep blue of the Ka'ie'ie waters, to the deep reds of the Lehua blossom

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Color Mood Duality- from the deep blue of the Ka'ie'ie waters, to the deep reds of the Lehua blossom

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This 'ōlelo noe'au represents our geneological connection to the Pacific. Our mo'olelo is tied to people, lands, and gods in Oceania. Moanonuikalehua travels from Kahiki with Pele. Her spirit returns to Kahiki, but later returns to Hawai'i through Kaua'i, 'Oahu, then 'Ōla'a, Hawai'i.

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From Ulukau books, G.W. Kahiolo writes in He Mo'olelo no Kamapua'a, "Make ke kaua iā Moanonuikalehua" (Kahiolo, pg. 66).

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Another mo'olelo on how Moanonuikalehua's form of the goatfish was named. Source: Ulukau Books, Keonaona Kapuni-Renolds.

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Pele Travels with Moanonuikalehua from Kahiki

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Pele Travels with Moanonuikalehua from Kahiki

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Moanonuikalehua was a kupua- demigod. She is talked about in Ulukau books, such as He Mo'olelo no Kamapua'a and in Mary Kawena Pukui's Hawaiian Dictionary listing gods, demigods, and heroes. She traveled from Kahiki to Hawai'i with Pele and was given stewardship over the channel between Kaua'i and 'Oahu. She has two kinolau- one a woman who is said to be as beautiful as a Lehua tree, and the second, a red goatfish, the Moano fish. The first, is another connection to Pele. A well-known Mo'olelo is that Maui tries to pull up the land from the ocean in the waters she is caring for and Moanonuikalehua, along with others, snags his fish hook on a rock. Maui catches her kinolau form of a Moano fish and places it on a shrine. Moanonuikalehua travels back to Kahiki in spirit form, showing we are interconnected with the larger Pacific lands and cultures. She eventually returns and travels to Kauai, 'Oahu, and then 'Ōla'a- which from my research shows is now Kea'au. This makes sense because of the Lehua forest here and the fishing spots where you can find her kinolau. 