Place Names
by chapter
Our aliʻi really do go all over the place in this moʻolelo, don't they? I have begun the task of mapping Lāʻieikawai by keeping a list of the places mentioned or traveled to in each chapter. A great next step would be to map each characters' individual travel itineraries. In this list, chapter 1-13 do not include multiple place listings, but by chapter 13 I realized that it would be wise to include all places mentioned in each chapter in order to create a place index. When I have time, I will return to the previous chapter-- or feel free to contact me with your kōkua :)
*I have marked which places I found to be more significant in the moʻolelo (e.g. places where characters were born or lived or stayed for extended periods of time, places that connect this moʻolelo with other moʻolelo). A another next step would be to note first mentions.
*I have marked which places I found to be more significant in the moʻolelo (e.g. places where characters were born or lived or stayed for extended periods of time, places that connect this moʻolelo with other moʻolelo). A another next step would be to note first mentions.
Chapter 1
Lāʻie*
Koʻolauloa and Koʻolaupoko
Waiʻāpuka*
Kūkaniloko*
summit of Kalalea
Anahola
Kamaile in Waiʻanae
top of Maunalahilahi
peak of Kamaoha
Chapter 2
summit of Kaʻala
Kuamoʻoakāne (Koko Head)
Haleolono, Molokaʻi
Waiʻalalā
Maleleaʻa, at Wailau*
Paliuli*
Keawanui
Kalaeloa
Kaluaʻaha
Hālawa
Wailau
Pelekunu
Waikolu-mokomoko match
Kawela
Chapter 3
Kaʻamola
Maunalei- Lānaʻi
Haleakalā
Kaʻuiki in Hāna
Koʻolau on Hawaiʻi
forest between Puna and Hilo
Mahukona in Kohala
Lamaloloa
heiau of Pahauna
Hāmākua
Waipiʻo Valley at the heiau of Pakaʻalana
Laupāhoehoe
Kaiwilahilahi
Chapter 4
Nānākuli
Mōkapu
Polihua- Lānaʻi
Ukumehame on Maui
Kīpahulu
Haneoʻo
waves of Puhele
Kumaka
Kapakai
Kauhola
Kapaʻau
Hinakahua
Chapter 5
Honokaʻape at Waipiʻo
Pāʻauhau
Chapter 6
Kaiwilahilahi
Makahanaloa
Kukululaumania
Panaʻewa
harbor of Keaʻau*
Chapter 7
Kamaeʻe in Hilopalikū
Humuʻula
Kealakaha
Poliʻahu*
Mauna Kea
Chapter 8
Haneoʻo
Puʻuloa on Oʻahu
Hanauma Bay
Kaunakakai on Molokaʻi
Mala in Lāhaina
Keoneʻōʻio in Honuaʻula
Kaʻelehuluhulu in Kona
Chapter 10
Punahoa
Nuʻalolo
Makana
Honoliʻi
Waihālau
Chapter 13
Mānā
Honomū
Chapter 14
Paliuli
Keaʻaus
Wailua on Kauaʻi
Wailua River
Chapter 15
Kohala
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Chapter 16
Keaʻau
ʻŌlaʻa*
Paliuli
Chapter 17
Paliuli
Keaʻau
Mauna Kea
***fascinating geography and mapping from the envoys describing their travels from Kauaʻi to Hāna where they thought they found Poliʻahu: “We flew over a large island, then a long island. Then there was a large island like the one we first saw, and two smaller islands, about the size of the long island, and then a very tiny island. We flew to the east side of the second large island and arrived at a house below some hills and a kapu place for concealment. There we found Poliʻahu” (47)
Chapter 18
Kawaihae
Waiʻulaʻula
Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Hualālai
Honopūwai
Mānā
Hāna*
Chapter 19
Makaliʻi
Puʻuopapai
Pihanakalani
Chapter 20
Makahanaloa
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Puna
Chapter 21
Keaʻau
Huia
Chapter 22
Paliuli
Honouliuli
uplands of Wahiawā
Kūkaniloko
Keaʻau
Chapter 23
Koʻokoʻolau
Paliuli
Keaʻau
Chapter 24
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Honouliuil
Pihanakalani
ʻŌlaʻa
Chapter 25
Keaʻau
ʻŌlaʻa
borders of Tahiti
Kaʻū
Kona
Kaiʻōpae in Kohala
Kawaihae
ʻŌuli in Waimea
Kaiwilahilahi
Kahuwa
Moʻolau
Puʻuloa
Palalahuakaʻi
Waikā
Lamaloloa
heiau of Pahauna
Puakea
Honuaʻula on Maui
Lāhaina
Molokaʻi
Lāʻie
Koʻolauloa on Oʻahu
Paliuli
Chapter 26
Hāʻena, in the uplands of Honopūwaiakua
Wailua
Chapter 27
Keʻalohilani*
Nuʻumealani (High Heavens)*
Kahakaekaea*
Chapter 28
Keʻalohilani
Nuʻumealani
Kahakaekaea
Kaiale
ʻŌlaʻa
Honopūwaiakua*
Chapter 30
Honopūwaiakua
Pihanakalani
Chapter 31
Kahakaekaea
waters of Kūlanihākoʻi (lake of the sky)
Lanikuakaʻa
Chapter 32
Pihanakalani
Kahakaekaea
Chapter 33
Lāhaina
Hāna
Honuaʻula
Kaupō
Kīpahulu
Kapohue, in Hāna
Waiohonu
Kaʻuiki
Honokalani
Haneoʻo
Kaiwiopele
Kahalaoaka
Hanualele
Chapter 34
Honokalani
Kahakaekaea
Keʻalohilani
Lāʻie*
Koʻolauloa and Koʻolaupoko
Waiʻāpuka*
Kūkaniloko*
summit of Kalalea
Anahola
Kamaile in Waiʻanae
top of Maunalahilahi
peak of Kamaoha
Chapter 2
summit of Kaʻala
Kuamoʻoakāne (Koko Head)
Haleolono, Molokaʻi
Waiʻalalā
Maleleaʻa, at Wailau*
Paliuli*
Keawanui
Kalaeloa
Kaluaʻaha
Hālawa
Wailau
Pelekunu
Waikolu-mokomoko match
Kawela
Chapter 3
Kaʻamola
Maunalei- Lānaʻi
Haleakalā
Kaʻuiki in Hāna
Koʻolau on Hawaiʻi
forest between Puna and Hilo
Mahukona in Kohala
Lamaloloa
heiau of Pahauna
Hāmākua
Waipiʻo Valley at the heiau of Pakaʻalana
Laupāhoehoe
Kaiwilahilahi
Chapter 4
Nānākuli
Mōkapu
Polihua- Lānaʻi
Ukumehame on Maui
Kīpahulu
Haneoʻo
waves of Puhele
Kumaka
Kapakai
Kauhola
Kapaʻau
Hinakahua
Chapter 5
Honokaʻape at Waipiʻo
Pāʻauhau
Chapter 6
Kaiwilahilahi
Makahanaloa
Kukululaumania
Panaʻewa
harbor of Keaʻau*
Chapter 7
Kamaeʻe in Hilopalikū
Humuʻula
Kealakaha
Poliʻahu*
Mauna Kea
Chapter 8
Haneoʻo
Puʻuloa on Oʻahu
Hanauma Bay
Kaunakakai on Molokaʻi
Mala in Lāhaina
Keoneʻōʻio in Honuaʻula
Kaʻelehuluhulu in Kona
Chapter 10
Punahoa
Nuʻalolo
Makana
Honoliʻi
Waihālau
Chapter 13
Mānā
Honomū
Chapter 14
Paliuli
Keaʻaus
Wailua on Kauaʻi
Wailua River
Chapter 15
Kohala
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Chapter 16
Keaʻau
ʻŌlaʻa*
Paliuli
Chapter 17
Paliuli
Keaʻau
Mauna Kea
***fascinating geography and mapping from the envoys describing their travels from Kauaʻi to Hāna where they thought they found Poliʻahu: “We flew over a large island, then a long island. Then there was a large island like the one we first saw, and two smaller islands, about the size of the long island, and then a very tiny island. We flew to the east side of the second large island and arrived at a house below some hills and a kapu place for concealment. There we found Poliʻahu” (47)
Chapter 18
Kawaihae
Waiʻulaʻula
Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Hualālai
Honopūwai
Mānā
Hāna*
Chapter 19
Makaliʻi
Puʻuopapai
Pihanakalani
Chapter 20
Makahanaloa
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Puna
Chapter 21
Keaʻau
Huia
Chapter 22
Paliuli
Honouliuli
uplands of Wahiawā
Kūkaniloko
Keaʻau
Chapter 23
Koʻokoʻolau
Paliuli
Keaʻau
Chapter 24
Keaʻau
Paliuli
Honouliuil
Pihanakalani
ʻŌlaʻa
Chapter 25
Keaʻau
ʻŌlaʻa
borders of Tahiti
Kaʻū
Kona
Kaiʻōpae in Kohala
Kawaihae
ʻŌuli in Waimea
Kaiwilahilahi
Kahuwa
Moʻolau
Puʻuloa
Palalahuakaʻi
Waikā
Lamaloloa
heiau of Pahauna
Puakea
Honuaʻula on Maui
Lāhaina
Molokaʻi
Lāʻie
Koʻolauloa on Oʻahu
Paliuli
Chapter 26
Hāʻena, in the uplands of Honopūwaiakua
Wailua
Chapter 27
Keʻalohilani*
Nuʻumealani (High Heavens)*
Kahakaekaea*
Chapter 28
Keʻalohilani
Nuʻumealani
Kahakaekaea
Kaiale
ʻŌlaʻa
Honopūwaiakua*
Chapter 30
Honopūwaiakua
Pihanakalani
Chapter 31
Kahakaekaea
waters of Kūlanihākoʻi (lake of the sky)
Lanikuakaʻa
Chapter 32
Pihanakalani
Kahakaekaea
Chapter 33
Lāhaina
Hāna
Honuaʻula
Kaupō
Kīpahulu
Kapohue, in Hāna
Waiohonu
Kaʻuiki
Honokalani
Haneoʻo
Kaiwiopele
Kahalaoaka
Hanualele
Chapter 34
Honokalani
Kahakaekaea
Keʻalohilani