354 I'oniaiidcr (.'oUccfioii of Hazvaiiaii Folk-lore. 



and fetch his wife and chil.l. and to rei)air to Toaniarania, an ishmd near Raiatea. He 

 (Hd so, took wife, child and a friend, and a pig', a dog- and pair of fowls. The waters then 

 rose and covered Raiatea and all tlie rest of the world, but these four alone were saved. 



The Afghans have a tradition that only seven persons were saved from the deluge. 



Old Arab traditions give two sons to Seth, viz. F^noch and Sabi. They also re- 

 late that Xoah had one son who jjerished in the flood with his mother W'aela. The 

 Mexicans, according to Humboldt report also only seven i^ersims saved from the flood. 



The Marcjuesans have eight j^ersons sa\'ed. 



In 1625 was found in Si-quan-Fou, in the Province of Clien-Si, in China, a dark 

 colored marble slab with an inscription, detailing the arrival of the Christian (Nestorian ) 

 missionaries there from Ta-Thsin (Persia or Syria or west of Asia), its foimder was 

 called Olopen (what relation to the Hawaiian Olopana?). In the inscription God is 

 called Oloho, sui)]wsed a corru]:)tion of the Syrian Eloha. ( What relation has this word 

 to the name of the Tahitian god Olo, or to the Hawaiian name for God's residence Olo-lo- 

 i-mehani ? ) 



\n Chinese language "IVan-Oit" — ten thousand things, is an expression for the 

 totality of created beings. In Polynesian language Wanua or W'enua means the earth 

 and all it contains. 



In the inscription the Christian religion is called King-Khiao, literally, luminous 

 religion. In Hawaiian mythology when Ku, Kane and Lono created man their invo- 

 cation was Hi-ki-ao-ola. Any connection? 



