Legend of Kalanimanuia. 



KU WAS the father, Kaunoa was the mother and Kiikaniloko ' in Lihue, on the 

 island of Oahu, was their home. Ktr was the king of Lihue at this time but 

 had a different wife; Kaunoa also had a different husband. It was Ku's custom 

 to go traveling from place to place. One day while on one of his travels he saw Kau- 

 noa bathing. At sight of her he halted on his way and looked at this beautiful woman. 

 He was so overcome with her beauty that he approached her and asked her to be his 

 wife while he remained in that neighborhood. To this Kaunoa assented. After they 

 had lived together for a while, Ku believing that it was impossible for him to prolong 

 his stay, told Kaunoa: "I am certain that you are with child. If you give birth to a 

 boy call him Kalanimanuia, but if it should be a girl name her on your side. If, after 

 you have brought up the child it wishes to come in search of me, here are my tokens: ' 

 a loin cloth and a spear; with these things he may come until he find me." 



Kaunoa in due course of time gave birth to a male child to which she gave the 

 name of Kalanimanuia. She and her husband both brought up the boy until he was 

 big and strong. Kalanimanuia was ver}^ handsome and pleasant to look upon. After 

 he had grown into boyhood it was his custom to invite other boys to the house and give 

 them all the food; when the father returned home and found the food all gone he would 

 get angry and give Kalanimanuia a scolding. As Kalanimanuia continued to do this 

 the father kept on scolding him and at times would whip the boy. One day while he 

 was whipping the boy the mother, Kaunoa, upon hearing the boy crying, said: "Why 

 do you whip the boy so constantly? He is not your son, he is somebody else's son." 

 Upon hearing this Kalanimanuia asked his mother: "Who is my father then?" The 

 mother denied this and said: "You have no other father, this is your own father." The 

 boy, however, was not satisfied with his mother's answer and kept on asking her. This 

 was kept up for over ten days, when Kaunoa finally said: "Yes, here are your father's 

 tokens, go in search of him." She then gave him the loin cloth and the spear. Kalani- 

 manuia then set out in search of Ku. Upon his arrival in the presence of Ku, Ku 

 ordered his servants to seize the boj^, take him to the sea and kill him; for Ku did not 

 recognize the lad. Kalanimanuia was therefore killed and his body thrown into the 

 sea. The exact place where Kalanimanuia was thrown was at the Kualoa point, in 

 Koolau, Oahu. He was killed at this place. 



Late that evening just about dusk the spirit of the bo}' flew up out of the water 

 and rested on the rise above the point and called out: 



O Ku! Thou unnatural father, Kaunoa, O Kaunoa, 



Who hast ill-treated thine own offspring, Kaunoa, O Kaunoa, 



Who didst not even look at his own loin cloth. Mine own mother 



Who didst not even glance at his own spear, From the fleeting winds 



Cold and damp is the home of the parent. Made calm at our home. 



The spirit then entered the temple and slept there. At the crowing of the cock 

 it rose and returned to the sea. This was kept up several nights in succession. 



^ Kukaniloko, the traditional favorite birthplace of royalty, at Wahia-wa, Oahu. (548) 



°A duplicate of the Umi-a-liloa plot; apparently a familiar theme. 



