534 Fornaudcr Collection of Hazvaiiaii Folk-lore. 



After they had Hved as man and wife, a child was born to them, a son, tlie subject of 

 this story which we are considering. But after some time Eeke became entangled, 

 for he saw a beautiful woman, Punwaiohina from Kauaula. and they committed adul- 

 tery. Because of this, Lihau thought to choke the child to death, so that the two of 

 them could go and do mischief; this caused them to quarrel. Eeke took the child to his 

 mother, Maunahoomaha,"* and left him with her. After that their god, Hinaikauluau, 

 placed a restriction over them ; they were not to live together, nor were they to have any 

 intercourse with others ; but ten days after this order, Eeke again committed adultery 

 with Puuwaiohina above referred to, who was a younger sister to Lihau. Because of 

 this their god jjunished them by making Eeke a mountain and Puuwaiohina a mountain 

 ridge: that is the ridge ])rominent at Kauaula. There is, it seems, a hole below the 

 highest ])oint of this ridge. When sound issues from this hole, that is the time the 

 kauaula' wind blows a fierce gale. 



After that, Lihau was possessed with love for their child, so she asked Mauna- 

 hooniaha for permission to meet her son. That was agreeable to her mother-in-law, 

 and when she met her child she was glad. When she realized what a handsome man 

 her favorite son had grown to be, she gave him for husband to Molokini,'' one of the 

 noted beauties of that time, because she was the wife intended for him. 



But at some time, a man sailed from Hawaii to Kahikinuilaniakca ; his name 

 was Kanilolou. He possessed also an eel body. That is whv an eel is named Puhika- 

 nilolou. Arri\'ing there, he saw that it was a land not as fair as Hawaii (but Hawaii 

 was not the name at that time). Therefore he bragged, saying: "This can not com- 

 l)are in beauty with my country: there are no stones for the feet to strike against." 



\\'hen Pele heard this boast, she replied: "When vou return, your country is no 

 longer beautiful: it is covered with rocks from the mountain to the sea." When he re- 

 turned and landed first at Kauai, he found the land destroyed; he sailed on to Maui, it 

 was as bad; and so it was when he arrived at Hawaii. 



However, arriving on Maui, this was one of Pele's cruel deeds : one of her 

 younger sisters saw how handsome Puulaina was, so she asked Molokini to let her 

 have him for husband. The other refused, for she was greatly in love with her own 

 husband: so she was changed into a little island, and she has remained so to this day. 



\Mien Lihau heard of this, she grieved for her daughter-in-law, so she went to 

 consult Pele on the matter. But Pele replied gruffly: "li that is the case, then I say 

 to you that you will die; also your son." Lihau was there and then changed into a hil! 

 where Pele resided for some time; the son also died. But the one whose was the de- 

 sire, earnestly entreated and begged that her husbantl be s])areil. But the red-bleary- 

 eyed" did not wish it that way. That was how the son became a hill and has remained 

 such until this day. 



After this Pele traveled until she came to Aheleakala^ the large mountain of 



'Maunahoomaha, liternlly, rest mountain. "The ancient name of Maui's famous crater, which 



'The name of strouR- tr;i<lc winds when they break means "rays of the sun," and it was these wliich the 



over the mountains at Laliaiiia ; ofttimes destructive. denngod Maui snared and broke off to retard the sun 



o^^l ; 1 , • .1 i\T • T.- 1 1 1 1 in its daily course so tliat liis niollier nii"lit be able to 



the islet m the Maui-Kahoolavve channel. i i i 



-T,r . , , . • , ■• . ^ , ''""y her kapas. 

 'Makole-ulaula, an epithet applied to Pele. 



