I20 Poniaiidcr Collection of Hazcaiiau Folk-lore. 



GODS OF THE FISIIERMKN. 



Fishermen had gods just the same as other callint^s; none followed the occupation 

 of fishing without a deity. 



CUSTOMS OF THE FISHERMEN. 



The fishermen olxscrved tlie customs of the order of priesthood. If a fisherman 

 had a new seine, it was necessary to bring a sacrifice sanctioned by the order of priest- 

 hood, to be offered before using the new net that it might be dedicated in the name of 

 the gods'" of fishing. Tlie services were as follows : A pig was brought to a place as 

 near as possible to where the fishing was to be done; some of the people roasted the 

 pig and some went fishing: the fish or fishes first caught in the net were to be roasted 

 together with the pig; it was called a sacrificing net. 



\\'hen the i;)ig was cooked all those who arrived at the place of fishing assembled 

 together. The owner of the net then took a shiall ])ortion of the spleen, and of the snout, 

 and of the tail of the pig, and took also the nose of the first fish caught in the net, 

 putting all these little things together and placing them in a i)iece of potato, or kalo. 

 Thereui)on the owner of the net first prayed to the god of fishing according to the ordi- 

 nances of the priesthood ; after prayer the real owner of the net would be the first to eat 

 the things set apart according to the custom of such service, and together with the 

 others would partake of the things prepared, after the services of the sacrifice ace. rd- 

 ing to the rites of the order of priesthood were performed. 



This service was observed in all kinds of fishing. If a new line was to be used, 

 the same service ])erformed for the net was also given it. No net or line was used 

 without first making an offering according to the rites of the order of priesthood. 



ANOTHER WAY OF PERFORMING THE SERVICES. 



Here is another wav wherein the fisherman ])erformed the services for nets. Tf 

 a fisherman had obtained an old net from another person, perhaps obtained by said fish- 

 erman through purchase, or made a present of; or perhaps said fisherman had a net 

 which was desired to be changed into a flying-fish net, it was therefore classed as a new 

 net, for which the sacrificial offerings of the order of ]M-iesthood must be carried out in 

 the same manner as of a new net. 



51. THE OCCUPATION OF FARMERS. 



Aoriculture had its god.'" No person could culti\ate without recognizing the 

 ood of agriculture of the order of priesthood, for among those who served the said god 

 of agriculture, it was necessary to pray to them that the vocation might flourish. 



"Till- "ods of lishcriTien were many, though Kuula '"Farmers, like the fishermen, and in fact all callings 



nredominaled on all the islands except perhaps Hawaii, had ni.my gods, of wliich Kn m several of his atlnhutes 



•IS h<nn or altar places to this deitv dotted all the sea- hehl supreme recognuion. Kukaoo, god of hushandry ; 



coasts around. Lacapua was Lanai's. Keaoaui. cloud god; Kukulia, for dry and Kukcolowalu 



for wet cullurc. 



