Koko a Makalii. 



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lu view of the famine that distressed the land, Waia, who was a kupjia^ possessed of 

 siiperhnman powers, let down from heaven a net whose four corners pointed to the 

 North, South, East and West, and which was filled with all sorts of food, animal and 

 vegetable. This done he shook the net and the food was scattered over the laud for 

 the benefit of the starving people." Also :^^ "Apropos of the net of Maololia^ at the 

 time the net was filled with food and shaken, the following responsive service, called 

 ka pule koko, the prayer of the net, was celebrated. The uet is lifted and the kahuna 

 opens the service sa3'ing : — 



E uliuli kai, e Uli ke akua e ! 



E uli kai hakoko ! 



Koko lani e Uli ! 



Uli lau ka ai a ke akita. 



Pilio lani koko ; e lu — ! 



" Then the people respond : — 



6. E 111 ka ai a ke akua ! 



7. E lu ka lani ! 



8. He kau ai keia. 



9. E lu ka honua ! 



10. He kau ai keia. 



11. Ola ka aina ! 



12. Ola ia Kane, 



13. Kane ke akua ola. 



14. Ola ia Kanaloa ! 



15. Ke akua kupueu. 



16. Ola na kanaka ! 



17. Kane i ka wai ola, e ola! 



18. Ola ke alii Makahiki ! 



19. Aniania, ua noa. 

 Kahuna: Noa ia wai ? 

 People: Noa ia Kane. 



Oh deep-blue sea. Oh gfod Uli ! 



Oh blue of the wild, tossing sea ! 



Net of heaven, oh Uli. 



Green are the leaves of God's harvest fields. 



The net fills the heavens — Shake it ! 



Shake down the god's food ! 



Scatter it oh heaven ! 



A season of plenty this. 



Earth yield up thy plenty ! 



This is a season of food. 



Life to the land ! 



Life from Kane, 



Kane the god of life. 



Life from Kanaloa ! 



The wonder-working god. 



Life to the people ! 



Hail Kane of the water of life ! Hail 



Life to the king of the Makahiki ! 



Amama. It is free. 



Free through whom ? 



Free through Kane. 



" Then the kahunas stand up holding their hands aloft, and the people exclaim: 

 'Ua noa. Ua noa. Ua noa.' At the same time holding up the left hand, and at the 

 utterance of each sentence, striking with the right hand under the left arm-pit. 



"When the kahuna utters the words 'iT hC — in the 5th line — those who are lift- 

 ing the net shake it and make its contents fall to the ground." 



A legend called the "Koko a Makalii" was narrated to the writer by a Hawaiian 

 repository for such and is here repeated in brief: "Kane, the highest god in the 

 Hawaiian pantheon, had conne<5lion with a woman on earth and became the father of 

 Makalii. During a time of severe drought, the people made prayers and offerings to 

 Kane for rain, which were disregarded by the deity. Then Makalii, grieving for the 



"Ibid, p. 204-6. 



