Legend of Ilawaii-loa. 



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The Nawao people were called by the Hawaiians Ka Lalnii Mu Ai Maia o Loan 

 Haclcclc. The}' were a people of large size, wild, and did not associate with the kana- 

 kas, thev were a hunting people (laliiii alnalu holoholoua). They were numerous in for- 

 mer times, but now {\\Qy have disappeared. 



The Menehunes were a numerous and ])owerful race, the ancestors of the present 

 Hawaiian i^eople. 



This is the legend of Kane Hoa Lani Lua Nuu: Kane (the god) ordered Lua 

 Nuu to go up on a mountain and perform a sacrifice there. Lua Nuu looked among the 

 mountains of Kahikiku, but none of them appeared suita])le for that ])un)ose. Then Lua 

 Nuu inquired of God where he might find a proper place, and God replied to him: "Go, 

 travel to the eastward and where you find a sharp-peaked hill projecting precipitously in- 

 to the ocean, that is the hill for the sacrifice." Then Lua Nuu and his son Ku]mlupulu- 

 a-Nuu and his servant Pili Lua Nuu started off in their lioat to the eastward; and in 

 remembrance of the event the Hawaiians called the mountains back of Kualoa in Koolau, 

 Oahu, after one of Lua Nuu's names, Kane Hoalani, and the smaller hills in front of 

 it were named after Kui)ulupulu and Pili Lua Nuu. 



The following are 



1 Lua Nuu (k) 



2 Ku Nawao (k) 



Ka Lani Menehune ( k 1 



3 Ka luii I'uka Ku (k ) 



the generations of Lua Nuu : 

 Ahu (w) 

 Ka Mee Haku Lani (w) 



Ka Mole Hikina Kuahine (\v) 



iluolulii Kuijaa (w ) 



4 Nevvenewe Mauolina (k) 



5 Kaokao Kalani (k) 



6 Aniani Ku (k ) 



7 Aiiiani Ka Lani (k) 



8 1 lawaii Loa (k 1 



Xowelo Hikina ( w ) 

 Heha ka Aloku ( w ) 

 Ke Kai Pahola ( w ) 

 Ka Mee Nui Hikina (w) 



Ku Nawao (k) 



Ka Lani ■Menehune (k) 



Aholoholo (k) 

 Ka bni Puka Ku (k) 

 Ka Hekili Paapaaina 

 Ke Apaapa Nuu 

 Ke .\paapa Lani 

 Nakeke i Lani 

 Kahiki Apaapa Nuu 

 Kahiki Apaapa Laiii 

 Nakolokolo Lani 

 Nakeke Honua 

 Ku i ka Ewa lani 

 Ka Uwai o ka Moku 

 tloopali Honua 



Newenewe Mauolina i Kahiki-ku 

 Kaokao Kalani (k) 

 Aniani Ku (k) 

 Aniani Ka Lani (k) 

 Hawaii Loa or Ke Kowa i Ha- 

 waii (k) 



Hawaii Loa was the ancestor of the Hawaiian family. They were an industrious, 

 agricultural and fishing people. They were also very religious and worshiped Kane, 

 Ku and Lono, either separately, or the joint name and symbol of Ku-Kauakahi. They 

 were therefore called, par excellence, the lalnii akiia, while all those who worshiped im- 

 ages and such worthless things were called lalnii laa luau. 



