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love with Ihukoko the two were united and they became husband and wife. Ihukoko re- 

 mained here, and the fish that accompanied her from their home was the aJwlcholc.* 



When Ihukoko decided to remain in Waialua, the sister that was left, Kahukuu- 

 na, continued on her way until she came to Laie where she met Laniloa, a goodly man, 

 and they lived together as husband and wife. The fish that came with her was the mullet 

 and it too remained there to this day. 



After the sisters were all married and had been living with their husbands on 

 Oahu for some time, Kaneaukai^ their oldest brother came in search of them. This 

 man's body was in the shape of a log of wood, and after he had floated on the surface of 

 the ocean for several days, it drifted to the seashore at Kealia in Mokuleia, Kawaihapai, 

 Waialua, where it was carried in and out by the tide. After being in this form for 

 some time it chanp-ed into a human being and journeyed to Kapaeloa, where two old 

 men were living. 



When he approached the home of the two old men, he saw them watching an umu 

 (oven), and after it was covered up they set out to the beach to do some fishing. After 

 fishing for some time without success Kaneaukai called out to them: "Say, you old 

 men, which god do you worship and keep?" The old men replied: "We are worshiping a 

 god, but we do not know his name." Kaneaukai then said: "You will now hear and 

 know his name. When you let down your net again, call out, 'Here is the food and fish, 

 Kaneaukai,' that is the name of the god." The old men assented to this, saying: "Yes, 

 this is the first time that we have learned his name." Because of this fact, Kaneaukai 

 is the fish god worshiped by many to this day, for Kaneaukai became their fish god, and 

 from them others, if they so desired. 



'Aholehole (Kuhlia malo). "Kaneaukai, a popular god of fisher- folk. 



