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Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



AUKELENUIAIKU'S TrIP TO KuAIHELANI. 



After Namakaokahai had given her consent for her husband to return to his 

 native land, Aukeleuuiaiku proceeded to see his brothers-in-law Kanemoe, Kaneapua, 

 Leapua and Kahaumana, and told them of his intentions. He said: "I am going to 

 the land of Kuaihelani to see m}- parents." When the brothers of Namakaokahai 

 heard this they all gave their consent, and Kanemoe, the oldest, expressed a desire to 

 accompany Aukeleuuiaiku to Kuaihelani. 



We will here speak of Kanemoe, to prevent confusion. It is said in this legend 

 that in order to accomplish his desire he had to resort to cunning and deceived his 

 sister. Namakaokahai was feared by her brothers ; therefore, in order to be able to 

 answer the calls, Kanemoe planned to take out his spirit from his body and give it 

 another body, and then to leave the one containing his spirit behind as a substitute to 

 make the replies to the sister's calls. No sooner than he hit upon this plan he pro- 

 ceeded to the making of the new bodj' for his spirit. 



After the body was completed Kanemoe took out his spirit and put it into the 

 new body, which resembled him in all details. In order not to make any mistakes in 

 reference to the sound of the voice he thought he would make a test, so he called 

 out, imitating his sister: "Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua, Kahaumana?" They all 

 answered, the three real bodies and the spirit. The voice sounded just like his, 

 except that it was rather weak. Because of this weakness in the voice of his substi- 

 itute, he prevailed upon Aukeleuuiaiku to delay their trip for a while until the voice 

 of his substitute grew stronger. This request was granted and the trip was post- 

 poned for a while. 



When Kanemoe saw that the voice of his substitute was strong enough for the 

 purpose, they set out and journeyed to Kuaihelani. The trip took up two nights and 

 two days. Upon their arrival at Kuaihelani, they looked over the land but failed to 

 see any of the people; they heard no sound of any kind ; there was nothing good grow- 

 ing on the land, for the land was overgrown with weeds. 



When they saw that the place was deserted, they continued to the hole where 

 the great lizard, Kamooinanea, the grandmother of Aukeleuuiaiku, spoken of in the 

 earlier chapters of this legend, lived. When they came to the mouth of the hole, 

 Aukeleuuiaiku called: "Kamooinanea," but no response was heard, so they thought 

 that she must be dead. 



The reason why Kamooinanea did not hear the call was because the coral on her 

 forehead and the coral of the floor of the sea had grown together and she was entirely 

 covered over, so she was unable to hear the call of her grandson Aukeleuuiaiku. 



After calling, Aukelenuiaiku stood up and stamped his feet down on the coral 

 with all his might, breaking it into pieces, and at the same time exposing the body of 

 his grandmother. When Aukelenuiaiku looked at her body, he saw that it was thin 

 and reduced to almost nothing. 



