514 Foruaudcr Collection of Ilazvaiian folk-lore. 



Haunialaue, ihe oopu god of Makamakaole, who fought with and was killed by Ka- 

 neikapalua with the aid of Holu. It was he who urged Kaneikapalua to cast his spear 

 and strike the gill; and thus he [Haunialaue] died. At the same time the earthly 

 body of Waihauakala became a large koa tree which stands even to this day, a place 

 for recuperating from the efifects of an illness. Kalana's soul, however, went and 

 lived at the source of the water, and became a large koa tree for the pali of Kalana. 

 Ahakeanui was carried by the water to the shore of Kunounou. After a while Holu 

 wanted some awa, so he changed from his stone body and went for some; after he 

 obtained it, he still lacked water. So he stretched out his legs and with one foot on 

 one side of the precipice and the other on another side, he trod down and water came 

 forth. Those springs were named Waipu and Kaluaokapuhi. Holu was carried by 

 the water to the sea; he tore off a part of his body, and that became the sea oopu, 

 known as poopaa. At this time there are no more restrictions on any of these things; 

 the people no longer go up to worship. No attention whatever is paid to them. 



Lkmuel K. N. Papa Jr. 



MYTH CONCERNING MOLOKINI. 



MoLOKiNi is an islet,' although it is counted as one of the Hawaiian Islands; 

 it is comparable in size to Kaula, Nihoa and Lehua, the smallest of this Hawaiian 

 group, and is not fit for human habitation. The subject of this story is between Ka- 

 hoolawe and Makena, Maui, in a southeasterly direction from Lahaina. But what is 

 wanted is to find out the cause of its origin. I have two important matters to pre- 

 sent concerning the origin of this islet: i. Relating to its having been born by parents; 

 2. Its originating from Haupu, that mountain on Molokai. 



The parents of Molokini were Puuhele the father and Puuokali the mother; they 

 were lizards, those hills standing just beyond Kamaalaea.- After they became hus- 

 band and wife, Puuokali became pregnant with their first child, and gave birth to a 

 daughter, a lizard like themselves, to whom was given the name Puuoinaina. This 

 daughter of theirs was i)laced on Kahoolawe; the name of Kahoolawe at that time, 

 however, was Kohemalamalama : it was a very sacred land at that time, no chiefs or 

 common people went there. 



There lived here in Lahaina a chief named Hua, whose elder brother, Nama- 

 kaahua,'' was living at Hawaii at that time. Hua lived along until he desired to get 

 some ua'u squabs to eat; then he sent some men up to the mountains above Oloalu* to 

 get some squabs to satisfy his desire. He did not wish for birds from the beach. 

 When the birds were obtained, they were to be taken to the priest for him to ascertain 

 where the birds came from ; if he should give out the same information as the men had 

 given to the chief as to the source of the birds, then he would be safe; if he should give 

 a contrary answer, he would be killed. The name of this priest was Luahoomoe, and 



'This islet lies in the cliannel between Maui and Ka- 'Xa inaka-a-lnia, so divided, becomes "the eyes of 



lioolawe, its surface but a few feet above the water. Hua." 



=P.etler known now as Maalaea, tlie western landing 'Known generally as Olowalu, adjacent to Lahaina on 



for central Maui. ll'c south. 



