La'ieikawai
The legendary Hawaiian princess and heroine of one of the great epic cycles of Hawaiian mythology. La'ieikawai was a beautiful chiefess of legendary status, renowned for her beauty and supernatural powers. The epic of La'ieikawai tells of her birth, her seclusion in a sacred house, her romance with the chief Kauakahi, and her conflict with the jealous sorceress Waka. Protected by her grandmother, the goddess Maile, La'ieikawai possessed the power to call rainbows and command the birds. Her story was memorized and recited as one of the great traditional Hawaiian romances, comparable to the Hi'i