^40 Fornander Colleclion of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



The saying originated from this child image, and it is nsed to this daj-. This image 

 gave the people of Kohala the idea of making idols, from which the worshiping of idols 

 throughont Kohala in ancient time originated. 



The word Hoamakeikeknla was also derived from the fact that Kohala is a roll- 

 ing conntr}^ and has plains, and because of this the people of Kohala have a fond attach- 

 ment for the land of their birth. Therefore, Kohala is noted as the proud land with 

 lonesome loving meadows. vSuch is the place of this legend obtained by me, which I 

 have narrated. 



Legend of Kapuaokaoheloai. 



KU WAS the father and Hina' was the mother. The}^ had two children, Hoo- 

 kaakaaikapakaakaua' a son, and Kapuaokaoheloai' a daughter. Waiakea in 

 Hilo is the country where these people lived. The brother was the first born 

 and the sister the last. These people were of high chief rank of Hilo. These two chil- 

 dren were brought up without knowing that thej? were brother and sister. They never 

 saw each other although they lived in the same house. The brother had a male at- 

 tendant and the sister a female attendant. They were brought up under a very strict 

 kapu; they never went out of doors, not even for the calls of nature. Ku and Hina also 

 left word with the attendants that if the brother sought the sister, then he and his at- 

 tendant would be banished to Kuaihelani (a laud in Tahiti), and so with the other. 

 This manner of living was maintained for twenty years, without their seeing one an- 

 other. One day the attendants as was their custom went to the uplands of Kaumana, 

 directly above Punahoa to do farm work. After the departure of the attendants in the 

 early morning, Kapuaokaoheloai arose and walked out of doors. Upon looking back 

 at the house she saw a bright light within; so she again entered the house and began 

 a search and found a door, which she opened. As she walked in she saw a red object 

 lying on a bed. She removed the tapa from the face and saw a very handsome young 

 man. They then slept together until the sun had passed the meridian, when she returned 

 to her part of the house. 



When the attendants returned they did not discover the actions of their two 

 charges. This conduct was kept up for ten full days. One evening Kapuaokaoheloai 

 caught some chickens and brought them to her bed where they were concealed. That 

 evening she and her attendant retired very early. Not very long after they had retired, 

 Kapuaokaoheloai woke up and shook the chickens which caused the roosters to crow. 

 She then said to her attendant: "It is daylight. It is now time for you two to go up 

 and tend to our farm work." The attendant replied: "How quickly daylight has come. 

 It seems that I have just closed my eyes when I heard the cock crowing." She woke 

 up and went out of doors and looked up at the Milky Way which had not made its 

 appearance: so she reentered the house and went to bed again. Kapuaokaoheloai after 



'Another Ku and Hina contribution; the favorites of story writers. 



^ Hoo-kaa-kaa-i-ka-paka-ua, literally "to roll, or rolling in the rain drops." 



' Ka-pua-o-ka-ohelo-ai , literally "the blossom of the eatable ohelo" (berry). ( I'aaiiiiiiiii retiiulaium.) 



