S Pomander Collection of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



of the prince, and laid his hands upon liini, after which the prince entered the sacred 

 house called the temple of purification. (KukoacJ .^' then ate of the pig. 



After all these things ended the king set out to cut wood and collect material for 

 thatching a great temple, and March was the month in which the temple was to be dedi- 

 cated. It might perhaps be consecrated in the month of April, or perhaps in the month 

 of May. These were the three months designated from ancient time; the service could 

 not be performetl in any other month. It rested with the king for the month of temple 

 dedication. 



When the time of the dedication arrived, the king held a consultation with all the 

 priests ; first, the priest of the order of Ku ; second, that of the order of Lono ; third, he 

 who precedes the king; fourth, the kiialaea priest;''' fifth, the priest of the o///a^Of/ (■//«- 

 ku oliia) ; sixth, the priest of human sacrifice; seventh, the liono priest; eighth, the kalia- 

 laalaea'* priest and the priest of kalialeopapa (House of Papa), to whom was given the 

 power to release the temple restrictions. 



After the king and the priest had come to a decision, and the day for the dedica- 

 tion of the temple was near, the king spoke to the kalialaalaca priest, saying: "Be pre- 

 pared to go into sanctity, with your ordinances and your methods, and if it is favorable let 

 me know." The kalialaalaca priest went into sanctity on the night of Kanc^' preparing 

 and praying throughout the night; and in the morning, the day of Lono, there stood the 

 basin of colored earth, necessary for the priest's duties; these were the essentials of the 

 temple. And on the next day, that of Mauli, the king and a multitude of men came to hear 

 the words of the kalialaalaca priest. The priest then performed the duties of his office. 

 A certain man placed on his (the man's) head a covering of ancient human hair, a custom 

 of his ancestors which was transmitted to him, and a duty also belonging to the temple, 

 the priest praying meanwhile. The king reached the alaca image where the basin of 

 colored earth stood before the priest, this being the deity with a white covering to make 

 its impressiveness as a god more efifective. 



After these things the man who had the covering of ancient hair stood up, while 

 the multitude remained seated. This man stood up with sharpened spears, shaking them 

 before the eyes of the people. He made th,e people shut their eyes, with the sharpened 

 spears, not however piercing them. He looked with threatening eyes upon the people, 

 terrorizing them thus: "Take care, take care (liekue, hekue) or you will be struck by the 

 spear of Pueo!" That was the way these people acted to make profit for themselves. 

 After this the king commanded a tribute master: "Go you and proclaim the coming of 

 my god, and prepare its way. The landlord whose highway is not prepared for my god 

 shall be dismissed; but if the highway of my god be clean he shall not be dismissed. 

 Tell them to clear well the highway of my god. Tell them to bring tributes unto my god ; 

 and if they do not pay tribute to my god I shall dismiss them. Thus shall you command 

 them." And the tribute master went forth from the king, proclaiming as he went un- 

 to the overseers of all the lands. And they heard the king's message unto them. 



"^Not all heians were suitable temples for the per- "Kiiliahialaa priest, one with face marked with colored 



formance of the circumcision ceremonies. earth. 



"Kualaea priest, he who oversees the colored earth '"Night of Kane was the twenty-seventh of the lunar 



basin. month ; Lono, the twenty-eighth, and Mauli the twenty- 



ninth. 



