io8 Poruaiidcr Collection of Hoivaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



A PILLAR OF CLOUD. 



If a pillar of cloud appeared on the ocean or over the land, the counselors of the 

 kino- knew that such cloud jiortended the coming of a great chief ; ])erhaps a king. This 

 sign did not, however, ai)ply to a place where the chiefs regularly resided; only when a 

 king went from ])lace to ])lace would this sign l)e seen. For instance: If a priest, or a 

 counselor resided in Hawaii and a pillar of cloud was seen on the ocean, the priest 

 would exclaim: "\\"hn can this chief he now coming on the ocean? He is a great 

 chief."'" 



OF 'rriF CFXTRAL SIC.X (OXOIII). 



This was a mist im the crest of the clouds encircled hy dark clouds; a mist in 

 which the colors of the rainbow were mingled. This was called an oiiohi''" by the 

 counselors of the king, and was one of the signs relating to royalty belonging to the 

 order of i)riesthood. 



OF BLOOD RAIN. 



This was one of the signs of royalty. It was called red rain as also blood rain, 

 whether on land or on the ocean. Whenever a red rain was seen on land or sea, then 

 a priest would remark: "I wonder who will be the chief that will die, as foretold by 

 this red rain?" The interpretations of this sign, in relation to the chiefs were many, 

 concerning the demise, or the birth of a chief, or, of the approach or departure of a 

 chief. These signs, such as the clappings of thunder, the flashings of lightning, and 

 the rain and wind on the ocean were all signs of royalty and pertained either to a dying 

 chief, a traveling chief, or the birth of a chief. These signs do not appear every day, 

 being only seen at their ])roper time for such revelation. 



42. OF THE MASSAGI'f PRIKST. 



This was one of the divisions relating to the medical priests of the order of priest- 

 hood. These priests have their own particular knowledge and as a result other priests 

 know not tlie attainments of the massage priest, because the skill of a massage priest 

 included a knowledge relating to the bones of the sick'', and he could explain the ail- 

 ment which would apjK'ar at some future time. 



A massage priest could feel all over the body of a new-born babe, on account of 

 which he was called a massage priest. The work of the massage priest did not pertain 

 very much to adults ; he could, however, tell the nature of the disorders or comjilaints, 

 explaining fullv the cause of the same, and he himself would i)rescribe the i)roper 

 remedy to give the sick. 



There were not very many remedies used by the massage priest for the ailments 

 his profession was qualified to treat, like that of the regular medical priests; nor did 



■"Stories abound illustrative of ancient Hawaiian be- '"Oiiolti, the eyeball ; the center of a thing, 



lief in these cloud, rain and rainbow omens being posi- "This is somewliat of a misnomer, massage treatment 



live indications of the presence of royalty or high rank. having to do more particularly with tired bones and 



The legend of Laieikavvai contains a number of in- aching nuiscles. tlie term for which is loiiiilnini, and in 



stances. History of Umi, and Legend of Kahalaopnna the practice of which Hawaiians were known experts, 



are among others containing like examples. =-^Somewhat of the osteopath order. 



