272 Pomander Collection of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



Lua Nun and his descendants lived to the eastward of Kalana i Hauola, on the 

 land called Aina Lauana a Kane and also Aina Au Apaapa a Kane until the time of Hoo- 

 pale Honua, but after the time of Newenewe Mauolina they spread far to the eastward 

 of the Aina Au Apaapa a Kane. From the time of Newenewe to Aniani Ku they had 

 spread to the eastern-most shores of Kapakapaua a Kane. In the time of Ke Kowa i Ha- 

 w aii tliey arrived at these (Hawaiian ) islands. 



Several legends refer to this period between Lua Nuu and Hawaii Loa. Those of 

 Kana Loa and his brother Kane Apua. of Makalii, of Maui, of Kana, etc. Makalii was 

 a celebrated king in Kahiki Kapakapaua a Kane. During a season of great fertility he 

 sent his messengers all over the country and collected all the food they could get at and 

 stored it up in Makalii's storehouses and forts. A famine followed, but Makalii was 

 stingy and had all the food gathered up in nets and hung up out of reach, and great dis- 

 tress came over men and animals. The rats scoured over the earth and found no food; 

 they flared in the air, and there was the food. They then climbed up on the l)lack shin- 

 ing cloud of Kane — ala nui Polohiiva a Kane — and on the rainbow and from there they 

 nibbled at Makalii's nets until they broke and tore them, so that the food fell out on the 

 earth again ; and thus was the earth restocked with potatoes, taro, yam, etc. In remem- 

 brance of this king some stars have been called Makalii, and the Pleiades have been called 

 ";/a Hiiiliui," in memory of Makalii's nets of food — "na koko a Makalii." 



Kana Loa was the elder and Kane Apua was the younger brother. Their ex- 

 ploits are celebrated, viz: How they overthrew the King Wahanui and how he and his 

 died at sea, how they conducted the Menehune peo])le over the sea and through the 

 wilderness until thev came to the land that Kane had given their forefathers, the "Aina i 

 ka Houpo a Kane;" and how they caused water to flow from the rocks, etc. Kana Loa 

 was also called Li Hau Ula and he was a priest (kahuna) of greater renown than any 

 other. 



The legend of Maui and how he caught the sun and made him go slower, so that 

 his mother might have more daylight to manufacture her kapa in (akuku i ke kapa), be- 

 longs to this period. 



In former times there were two modes of worship, or two different creeds here on 

 Hawaii — i. Those who worshiped the God who could not be seen ; — 2. Those who wor- 

 shiped the God who could be seen, natural objects, or objects made by hand. — "He Pac a 

 Kane," "He Pae Kii." 



The one god (Kane) comprised three beings ( ouli-wai-akua) — Kane, Ku, Lono. 

 Kane was the root or origin of gods and all created things ; Ku or Ku-ka-Pao was the 

 workman who executed everything; Lono was the essence of wisdom, power and incom- 

 ])arable attributes. One god, but viewed under three dift'erent aspects. He was called 

 Kane in (irder that man ( "kane" ) l)v being named after him should not forget him. 



Before heaven and earth were created these three deities were called Kane-i-ka- 

 Po-Loa, Ku-i-ka-1'o-Loa and Lono-i-ka-P'o-Loa, and their joint name was Ke Alii Hi- 

 ka-Po-Loa, equivalent to "Almighty God." 



