322 Foniaiidcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



RELATING TO MALAE. 



Malae was [the name of ] the high priest who was summoned by Olopana; he 

 belonged to Kauai. When he arrived at Waianae and met Olopana in his capacity as 

 priest he said to Olopana : "My lord and king, your opponent Kamapuaa has the char- 

 acter of a god ; you will never be able to overcome him ; and you will not live if you fight 

 him in a regular battle. There is but one way for you to deal with your opponent where- 

 by you will overcome him, and it is this : Get a pig, a piece of awa, a chicken, a fish, a 

 man and a banana all having the word or letters lau," 1-a-u ; then take these things and 

 lay them before Kamapuaa. These things if ofl:'ered him as a sacrifice will remove his 

 strength and he will become as one very weak." 



Olopana then followed out the instructions of Malae and prepared all the dififerent 

 things ordered by the priest. After the things were ready Olojiana and his men pro- 

 ceeded to the place where Kamapuaa was living. When Olopana found Kamapuaa the 

 things were laid at the. feet of Kamapuaa as directed by the priest. Upon doing this it 

 was seen that the strength of Kamapuaa left him and he became weak and feeble. The 

 men then took hold of Kamapuaa and dragged him to Pahoa, a place in Waianae, and it 

 is known by this name to this day. When they arrived at this place Olopana became 

 very tired from the excitement and hard work and returned to his house, leaving his 

 men to bring Kamapuaa along. 



CHAPTER II. 

 Relating to Lonoaohi the Priest. 



LoNOAOHi was bound and fastened to a post in the center of a certain house. Be- 

 fore this Olopana had expressed his intention to sacrifice him with Kamapuaa on the 

 altar of the temple. 



Being gifted with all the power to tell the future and so on, the high priest Lo- 

 noaohi was able to know the intention of the me'n who had Kamapuaa in charge, which 

 was this: When the men and Kamapuaa arrived at Pahoa [and Olopana had departed 

 for home], the men sought instruments with which to cut the pig [Kamapuaa] open, 

 and let the insides be taken out so as to make the carrying much easier. Lonoaohi knew 

 that if Kamapuaa was killed he wovild be killed also. He therefore directed his sons, 

 Kapuaaolomea and Kapuaahiwa,^^ to go to the assistance of Kamapuaa, saying: "You 

 two go to the men and tell them that the king has sent word by you not to cut the hog 

 open. Let it be as it is till reaching the altar, or the king's victim will be spoiled. There 

 will be all the rest of this day and night until tomorrow ; by that time the sacrifice of 

 the king will surely get spoiled. Furthermore, the king has said, that the hog must not 

 be dragged, for his skin will get cut and injured. It must be carried on the sticks and 



"It is difficult to arrive at a clear meaning of the tity, 4CX), which would be natural in connection with 



word lau to these several offerings to propitiate the idolatrous offerings, though even in such a case it is 



demigod Kamapuaa. The adjective lau following the untenable that Olopana should augment his opponent's 



noun gives it a qualifying character readily understood forces with men to this extent, if at all. 



in some things but not in all, as for instance : referring :»The names of these two sons of the priest signify, 



to the pig the term kuniu lau, a sow, would apply, and the striped hog Kapuaaolomea, and the sacred black 



the fish, ia, might be the lauhau. Had the adjective „;„ Kapuaahiwa. 

 preceded the noun the word would then indicate quan- 



