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Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CHANT' AS REPEATED BY KAPAAHULANI. 



A MESSENGER- seut by Maui', 



Sent to bring Kane-* and Kanaloa, 



Kauakahis and Maliu. 



While great silence prevails as prayers are 

 being uttered; 

 5 While the oracles of Hapuu'' are being con- 

 sulted, O Chief. 



The great fish-hook of Maui, 



Manaiakalani' was its fish-line, 



The earth was the knot."* 



Kauiki' like the winking stars towering 

 high. 

 ID Hanaiakamalama'° [lived there]. 



The bait was the alae" of Hina 



Let down to Hawaii, 



Tangled with the bait" into a bitter death," 



Lifting up the very base'-" of the island 

 15 To float on the surface of the sea."^ 



Hidden by Hina"'' were the wings of the alae. 



Broken was the table'^ of Laka. 



Carried far down to Kea,'* 



The fish seized the bait, the fat, large ulua."' 

 20 Luaehu,^° offspring of Pimoe, O thou great 

 chief !^' 



Hulihonua the husband, 



'The notes of this chant are largely from the C. J. 

 Lyons version so far as found to conform to this revised 

 text, which agrees with the version published by For- 

 nander as an appendix in I'ol. Race, vol. II. 



- Kualii. 



^ Maui, an ancient celebrity of fabulous deeds; said 

 to have been born in Waianae, Oahu. 



* Kane and Kanaloa, creative gods from Kahiki (for- 

 eign land ). 



^ Kauakahi and Maliu were also two of the original 

 gods, according to the Kumu-Uli genealogy. Kaua- 

 kahi is said to have sprung from the head of Haumea, 

 while Maliu is credited with originating idol worship. 



''Hapiiii, the god who revealed truth to the priest 

 Maliu, and he to the king. 



'Name of the great hook (power of heaven) which 

 could hook up all lands, as in New Zealand mythology. 



' Ka'a, the knot fastening the hook to the line. 



^Kauiki (frequently given as A'ami'iki), the bluff at 

 Hana, was the hook. 



'° Hanaiakanialatna (adopted of the moon), a woman 

 who had her refuge on the summit of Kauiki. 



"A/ae (Fii/ira a/ai), the mud-hen from whom Maui 

 learned the art of making tire by rubbing sticks. 



Keakahulilani the wife;-- 



Laka the husband, Kapapaiakele the wife; 



Kaniooalewa the husband, 

 25 Nanawahine his wife; 



Maluakapo the husband, 



Lawekeao the wife; 



Kinilauaeniano the husband, 



Upalu his wife; 

 30 Halo the husband, Koniewalu the wife; 



Kamanonokalani the husband, 



Kalanianoho the wife; 



Kamakaoholani the husband, 



Kahuaokalani the wife; 

 35 Keohokalani the husband, 



Kaamookalani the wife; 



Kaleiokalani the husband, 



Kaopuahihi the wife; 



Kalalii the husband, 

 40 Keaomele the wife; 



Haule the husband, 



Loaa the wife; 



Nanea the husband, 



Walea the wife; 

 45 Nananuti the husband, 



Lalohana the wife; 



" Pti, back part of the bait. 



"Haoa, dire, evil; hence the unlooked-for result. 



".\o;/o or /.ononuiakea, the base of the island founda- 

 tions. 



'-'As in New Zealand's "Ika a Maui", his hook drew 

 up the land from under the sea; Hawaii in one case and 

 New Zealand in the other. 



"'Hina lived in the sea and spoiled the bait, the alae, 

 so that the islands were not drawn together by the fish- 

 hook as Maui desired. 



"The vast unbroken bottom of the sea, thus broken 

 up into islands and drawn to the surface by the hook. 



" Kea, abreviation for /.ononuiakea, god of the lower 

 land under the sea. 



"Hawaii is the idliia, niakele referring to the size of 

 the island. 



^ Luaehit, name of an ulua. A species of Carangus. 



^'/.a;//, a common title of the chiefs, referring here 

 to Kualii. 



^^The first created pair. Kane is .said to have created 

 the first man, Hulihonua, out of the earth on the sea- 

 shore; and Keakahulilani, the first woman, was made 

 from the spirit, aka, of the man when asleep. Lines 

 21 to 70 give a genealogy from this pair to Wakea. 



