She is the daughter of Ku-waha-ilo and Haumea, whose other children are Pele, the Hiʻiaka sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird Halulu. Nāmaka takes as her husband ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, who had arrived in Lalakeenuiakane or in Kahiki (Tahiti), but he later becomes the husband of her sister Pele, and because of this Pele, the Hiiaka sisters, Malulani, and Kaʻōhelo migrate to Hawaii. When Pele quarrels with her powerful sister Nāmaka , Nāmaka sends tidal waves to destroy Pele's lands and homes. Helped by her family, Pele fights Nāmaka, but Nāmaka defeats her.From Mary Kawena Puku'i ed. retold by Caroline Curtis and illustrated by Robin Burningham (revised 1985)[1960], Tales of the Menehune, excerpted in How Pele came to Hawai’i The Star Bulletin, 26 September 2005. "Based on Westervelt's 'Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes,' taken from Hawaiian newspapers. Also from "Hawaiian Antiquities" by Fornander".Version of , reprinted in .
She is the daughter of Ku-waha-ilo and Haumea, whose other children are Pele, the Hiʻiaka sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird Halulu. Nāmaka takes as her husband ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, who had arrived in Lalakeenuiakane or in Kahiki (Tahiti), but he later becomes the husband of her sister Pele, and because of this Pele the Hiiaka sisters, Malulani, and Kaʻōhelo migrate to Hawaii. When Pele quarrels with her powerful sister Nāmaka , Nāmaka sends tidal waves to destroy Pele's lands and homes. Helped by her family, Pele fights Nāmaka, but Nāmaka defeats her.From Mary Kawena Puku'i ed. retold by Caroline Curtis and illustrated by Robin Burningham (revised 1985)[1960], Tales of the Menehune, excerpted in How Pele came to Hawai’i The Star Bulletin, 26 September 2005. "Based on Westervelt's 'Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes,' taken from Hawaiian newspapers. Also from "Hawaiian Antiquities" by Fornander".Version ,of , reprinted in .