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La’ama’oma’o ~ Goddess of the Wind ~Hawaiian mythology resounds in love stories, and this is a love story that begins on Kapa’a Kaua'i in the eleventh century. At this time their own Ali’i governed all islands. Her name is La'ama'oma'o and she is the "Goddess of the Winds." Far in the distance her husband, Ku’u Nuuanu, has departed in the canoe. His destination is the Big Island. Once there his mission will be to reclaim his station as the Kahu iwi Kuamo’o, the assistant to the Ali'I, Umi a Liloa, (chief) of Hawaii. His post is to stand at the side of the Ali'i and assure his wellbeing to the last detail. Patiently she sits on the shoreline on Kauai as she awaits her husband's return. Now pregnant with a child who will be a son, she will call the winds from the sacred