268 Poniandcr Collection of Hcnvaiian Folk-lore. 



charge and this is the only time that I did not accompany her when she went out bathing. 

 I did not accompany her while bathing because there were always a lot of servants who 

 attended to her, so I concluded this time not to go out with her." The father then said: 

 "Because you have failed in this I am going to send you away from my presence. For 

 had you kept my order and had been faithful, you would not have done what you did 

 this day." 



When Kipapalauulu heard that he must get away from his father's presence, he 

 turned to his sister, Hinaaimalama and said: "I am going, so here is your food and here 

 is your fish." The food was the moon and the fish were the stars. The sister then took 

 these things and put them into a calabash, called Kipapalauulu, after her brother. 



After the sister had imparted certain instructions to her brother, he proceeded to 

 where his grandparents were living and told them of his going away because his father 

 had banished him from his presence. After speaking about these things for a while, 

 he asked his grandparents the way of getting out of the place to the surface of the 

 earth, from the bottom of the sea. After his grandparents had heard what he wanted, 

 his grandfather broke open the ocean and a crack was made from the floor of the ocean 

 to the surface above, allowing the bright rays of the sun to reach the bottom. By this 

 means Kipapalauulu climbed up until he arrived on the surface. Reaching the surface 

 of the deep ocean, he looked about him and saw land, heaven, clouds, light, and a vast 

 beyond. He then swam for the land and after a time landed at Kawaluna, a land at the 

 outskirts of the great ocean. Konikonia was the king of Kawaluna, and he was with- 

 out a wife. He was a king of very handsome appearance. 



When Kipapalauulu came ashore on this island, he crawled under some canoes 

 and slept there. He was a very comely fellow, young, of commanding appearance and 

 ruddy complexion. While he was sleeping the king's immediate attendant, called iwiku- 

 auioo^ came up to the place and saw a man with ruddy complexion sleeping under one of 

 the canoes, and seeing that he was good, and handsome, he returned and told Koniko- 

 nia. When the king's personal attendant came in the presence of the king he told him 

 how he had found a boy. The king then told the man to go and bring the boy to him. 

 Upon the arrival of Kipapalauulu at the king's house, the king took him to be his friend 

 and from that time they lived on together. 



In this living together, Kipapalauulu felt under deep obligation to the king for 

 the kind treatment he was receiving, so he decided that he would send for his sister, Hi- 

 naaimalama, and give her to the king to be his wife. When the sister of Kipapalauulu 

 arrived in the presence of Ivonikonia he immediately fell in love with her and he took 

 her to be his wife, and they all lived in happiness together. In course of time Koni- 

 konia and Hinaaimalama had sons and daughters. Following are the names of the chil- 

 dren. The sons : Kaneaukai, Kanehulikoa, Kanemilohai, Kaneapua, Maikoha. The 

 daughters: Kaihukoa, Ihuanu, Ihukoko, Kaihukuuna, Kaihuopalaai. 



By this and the following story we will know that some of the beings who inhab- 

 ited this world were gods and some were fishes and this fact remains to this day. In 

 this legend we will be made to understand their characters and their doings. 



'Iwikuamoo, lit., lizard backbone. 



