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Namakaokahai again heard this and she came to her brothers' house and asked them: 

 "I believe yow are teaching my husband how to fly." "No, we are wrestling." "How 

 is that done?" "One stands up on this side, and one on the other side; they then 

 take ahold of one another and each tries to throw the other down. The one who is 

 thrown down made the noise you heard." Because of this satisfactory reply Namaka- 

 okahai again retired to their house. After she was gone, Aukelenuiaiku again made 

 another attempt and this time he was successful. He next came out and flew to the top 

 of the house, and in this he was again successful. From the roof Aukelenuiaiku flew 

 up into the sky, and he went so high that his brothers-in-law were unable to see him. 

 After a while Aukelenuiaiku returned to the ground and his brothers-in-law said to 

 him: "Yes, you know how to fly now." 



When Aukelenuiaiku found that he was able to fly he was then in possession 

 of all the powers held by his wife. After this the two lived on in peace and they never 

 went out of sight of each other; they were indeed a loving couple. It also became 

 apparent that Namakaokahai, his god-wife, was with child. Before its birth, however, 

 Namakaokahai made known to her husband the name of the child: it was Kauwilanui- 

 makehaikalani ' (the lightning which we see in a rain-storm). Aukelenuiaiku, how- 

 ever, wished to have the child called after the name of his god Lonoikoualii. 



Because Namakaokahai loved her husband so much, she would not allow him 

 to go out of her sight. They were together constantly, at all seasons and times, in 

 dry and wet weather, in times of famine and of plenty, in the daytime and at night, - 

 in fact they were together all the time. Namakaokahai also gave all her possessions to 

 Aukelenuiaiku ; from the things that were above to the things below ; from the things 

 in the uplands to the things in the lowlands ; great things and small things ; the things 

 that were within to the things that were without. All were given to her husband. 



CHAPTER XI. 



How Namakaokahai Gave Everything to Aukelenuiaiku, Her Husband, and 

 THE Battle that was Fought Between Kuwahailo and Aukelenuiaiku 

 IN the Heaven. 



When Namakaokahai was ready to give everything she possessed to her hus- 

 band, Aukelenuiaiku, she called her brothers, Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua and Kahau- 

 mana. As they stood in her presence, she said to them: "Yoii go up to my uncle and 

 cousin, Kuwahailo and Makalii, and. inform them that I have given unto my husband 

 all my possessions. The things above, below, in the uplands, in the lowlands, the drift 

 iron, the iron' that stands in the earth, the whale's tooth, the (ea) turtle shell, the 

 things that grow in the land, and the cluster of stars. Also, tell my uncle and cousin 



^ Ka-uila-tiui-)na-kcha-i-ka-lani ; the great lightning earth." As iron ore was unknown to Hawaiians the 



that excels in the heavens. meki in this case more likely refers to their deep pit in 



^Meki ku i ka hoiiua; meki being an ancient name the earth where dead bodies were interred with kapas 



for iron is here rendered as "iron that stands in the and other valuables. 



