538 Pomander Collection of Hatvaiiau Folk-lore. 



where a woman was and her husband not present). The husband asked: "Why are 

 you here?" "We pursued a child. He ran and entered this house." "There is a 

 cliild, but it is in that one's womb. What shall be done?" asked the husband. The 

 men went to seek a pig, a white chicken, black coconut, red fish, red kapa and avva root, 

 and offered them as sacrifice to the child;'' after which they went off. He was named 

 Maui; but he was not yet born. 



secondly: what he did after he was born. 



While Maui was living with his parents, he felt sorry for his mother because of 

 what she had to dry. The sun did not tarry long on its journey; it arose and set very 

 quickly. The idea sprung up in him to go and snare the sun so that it would go 

 slower. He went and at the cape of Hamakua he saw Moemoe" sleeping in the cave 

 of Kapepeenui at Wailohi ; he saw the sun rising at Hana ; he climbed Haleakala^ and 

 insi)ected it and found it satisfactory. He went back to his parents' place; he noticed 

 that the sun still kept on in its old ways. So he came along to Peeloko'* at Waihee and 

 threw down a lot of coconuts ; he secured a plenty of husk and with it he went off to 

 snare the sun. 



Moemoe called out sarcastically, "You can not catch the sun for you are a low 

 down farmer." Maui answered, "When I concjuer my enemy and satisfy my desire I 

 shall kill you." He came to Haleakala, and when the sun passed directly over him he 

 snared it with the cnco-husk, and broke some of its rays; he repeated this and broke 

 all the strong" rays of the sun. He said: "I am killing you because you travel so fast." 

 The sun requested, "Let me live; you watch how I travel." He looked and beheld that 

 it traveled slower, so he desisted from going after it again. That is why the sun goes 

 slowly. And the name "Haleakala" given to it now is not correct; it should be Alehe- 

 la, on account of Maui's snaring the rays of the sun. 



On his return he called at Moemoe's place. Tt was absent. Maui traced it to 

 Kawaiaopilopilo. This place is between Kekaa" and James' canefield; Moemoe'" saw 

 him, and it went on in an irregular manner, now towards the mountain and now to- 

 wards the sea. Maui became greatly angered, so he flew right on and caught the other 

 above Kekaha ; he killed it ; it turned, however, into a rock. That rock is still lying 

 along there makai of the new road. Its length is nearly seven feet. While Maui 

 was off on this journey his mother became pregnant with and bore another child, an 



owl. 



thirdly: concerning his getting into trouble and how he was saved. 



On Maui's return to his birthplace at Makaliua he saw that an owl was being 

 raised by his parents. Maui did not treat him with contempt. What he did on his re- 

 turn this time was to go fishing. His favorite mode of fishing was pole fishing at night ; 

 one night he went out and while he was idling away a canoe came along looking for a 



"This act indicates tlicy recognized tlic sodly char 'Haleakala, house of tlic sun, was fnrnicrly Aleha- 



acter of the child. Kala. See note 8, preceding story. 



'Mocmoc means to lie down to sleep. This is a name 'Pcchko, hide within, 



given to the sun's rays which he linds at the cave. "A point on tlie shore north of Lahaiiia. 



'"Still referring to the rays of the sun at its setting. 



