158 Foniainhv Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



its head, and tlie i)riest depended upon it for the success of his calHng. If his deity 

 was forootten"^ where the services were held the resuU would be an overthrow. Under 

 a similar circumstance Hewahewa**^ prophesied the overthrow of the government of 

 these islands, in the following manner: Maliu was a jiriest who, at one time, conducted 

 a palm (loulti) temple service called Hulahula*". At the conclusion of the services that 

 night Maliu walked out of the temple, and when he was a few fathoms distant there- 

 from his conijianion asked him of the image. Maliu rcjilicd that he had forgotten and 

 left it. 



Just then the thought of his blunder occurred to Maliu, and he said to his priest 

 companion that, according to the augury which ap])lied to him, "An overthrow will be 

 the result of this neglect of the deity, an event the like of which was never seen before." 

 The matter was therefore rejwrted by Maliu to Hewahewa, the high priest of Kameha- 

 meha. On hearing of it Hewahewa remarked: "There will be an overthrow in the fu- 

 ture; no greater reverses will ever occur than the one forthcoming; hillock places in the 

 land will become ravines; the cliffs table lands; the smooth faces of the stee]) precipices 

 will become settlements.""' 



Fulfillment followed this prophesy of Hewahewa; idols were cast down, temples 

 became useless, and people of the lower class were raised above and ahead of some of the 

 dignified personages, and some of the latter became worthless, and the great chiefs be- 

 came subject'" to the laws of the land. 



71. OF CELEBRATED PRIESTS IN RELATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD. 



There were numerous celebrated priests of former times sjjoken of in the priestly 

 records and in legends. They were god-serving people, righteous and peaceful under the 

 laws of god ; they observed holy days and sacrifices ; they were devout. 



SOME FAMOUS PRIESTS. 



There were only a few priests who were famous for their learning in foretelling 

 future events. Moi*"* was a famous priest in prophesying of forthcoming events ; he was 

 the priest of Kapepeekauila, a king of Molokai, whose royal abode was on Haupu.^" 

 Kapukaihaoa was the famous priest of Oahu. He could discern mysteries and secrets 

 and forthcoming events. He lived in Kaipapau, Koolauloa. 



'"Forgotten to be returned to the niaiia house. "Instead of the high chiefs being above the law as had 



'^Hewahewa was Kamehamclia I's high priest, under been the custom, they became amenable to the law. 



wliose ministration idolatry in Hawaii was overthrown, "'To Moi is credited the preservation of the ancient 



in 1819, on the accession of Liholiho as Kamehameha II. form of teinples into which were subsequently merged 



"A service of solemnity and severity. See No. 67, the plans of Paao, introduced from the South Pacific 



p. 150. '"See Legend of Kana and Niheu, p. 436, Vol. IV. 



"This prophetic utterance is allegorical, as seen in the 

 paragraph following. 



