244 Poniaudcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



CHAPTER IV. 



How Halemano Was Restored to Life. — Halemano Seeks to Win His Wife Back. 

 —Engaging in a Kii,u Contest is Victorious. — Kamalalawalu Is Supplanted 

 BY Kikekaala. 



In this chapter we shall see the power of Laenihi and the coming' to life again of 

 Halemano. When Laenihi stopped the people from weeping over the death of Hale- 

 mano, she immediately began her prayer, facing the blue sky, where she saw the spirit 

 of Halemano. Following is the prayer: 



I am indeed sitting and weeping for my brother. 



My brother of the thick groves. 



Perchance it is your spirit that is in death's shade, 



Sitting there in the eyes of those pointed clouds. 



Hidden by the bkie skies is my guide. 



Alas, I weep for you my beloved one ! 



Thou art my guide of the eight seas.^'^ 



Here am I, your companion. Come back to life, 



Eat of the food, gird on your loin cloth, for you are restored. 



In this prayer recited by Laenihi, life was restored to the body of Halemano in 

 Kohala, Hawaii. At the close of the prayer Laenihi plunged into the sea and swam, in 

 her fish form as it is to this day. It did not take her very long to swim to Kohala, for 

 in a very short time she went ashore at Kauhola and from there started for the home 

 of Halemano. \Mien she arrived she fell on her brother and wept ; she remained with 

 him for ten days. 



One day Halemano said to Kaaealii and Laenihi : "I am going to learn how to be 

 a fisherman and how to be a farmer, so that my wife will come back to me." Kaaealii 

 then said to him: "Your wife will never come back to you if you take up those arts." 

 Halemano then spoke of some other arts and still he was advised not to take them tip as 

 means of getting his wife back ; finally he chose the art of singing and chanting. At 

 this Laenihi and Kaaealii said: "That will be the art that will restore your wife to you." 

 Kaaealii then chanted the name of Halemano, which is as follows : 



Thou art indeed the women dwellers of the surf line. 



Sitting on the sumiy shore of Ulalana, 



Looking at the good things of the upper lands, 



The rain and the cold wind 



As they fold tightly the covering of ti-leaf. 



The lovers dwell in the calm of Kioi, 



For there is no truth in dreams 



When it confesses what it has heard. 



For we two have been here and there, 



For it is your name, Halemano. 



Answer the call ; yes, answer it. 



"A favorite poetic expression referring to the various channels between the islands of the group. 



