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Foniandcr Collection of Hazcaiian Polk-lorc. 



[Of] crab-like back, of the sea. 

 The large pattern-backed tortoise 

 65. Resembling the food for Pele 



If glistening and reflecting in the sun. 

 [Let] awe possess me. 



Kua papai o ka moana, 

 Ka ea nui kua wawaka, 

 65. 1 loolike i ka ai na Pele, 



Ina oaoaka oaka i ka lani la 

 Elieli kau mai. 



At Keolewa over Kauai, 



At the flowers floating below VVailua, 

 70. Pele looks from there : 



Oahu is seen set aside, 



Longing for the water mirage of the land. 



Mokihana [fragrance] arose, 



The enjoyment of Hiiaka. 

 75. Pele disputed there, 



There was no guardian to protect. 



Pele stamped with her feet the long waves ; 



.•\n eye-ball for Pele [was] the flash-light 

 of the heavens. 

 [Let] awe possess me. 



A Kauai, a Keolewa iluna, 

 -V ka pua lana i kai o Wailua, 



70. Nana mai Pele ilaila, 



E waiho aku ana Oahu, 

 Aloha i ka wai liu-^ o ka aina, 

 E ala mai ana mokihana^^ 

 Wai auau o Hiiaka, 



75. Hoopaapaa Pele ilaila, 

 Aohe kahu e ukr^ ai, 

 Keehi aku Pele^" i ke ale kua loloa, 

 I le onohi no Pele, Kaoakoakalani k 

 Elieli kau mai. 



80. Pele came forth from the east, 

 The canoe landed at Mookini 

 [The] battle ceased at Kumalae. * 

 Pele people set up an image. 

 The image of Pele folk remained for 

 the offspring of Koi. 



85. Pele folk offered sacrifices there ; 

 Pele led them in procession. 

 At the cape of Leleiwi 

 [They] inhaled the fragrance of the 



pandanus ; 

 Of the lehua of Mokaulele, 



90. That was what Pele was wreathing. 

 Puuloa was a village ; 

 Papalauahi a sleeping house, 

 A shed for Kilauea. 

 Pele came forth from Kahiki 



95. [With] the thunder, the earthquake, the 

 bitter rain ; 



80. Holo mai Pele mai Kahikina, 

 A kau ka waa-" i Mookini, 

 Noho kaua i Kumalae, 

 Hooku Pele-"* ma i ke kii, 

 Noho i ke kii a Pele ma, na ka 

 pua o Koi,^'' 



83. Kanaenae^" Pele ma ilaila, 

 Kai a huakai mai Pele, 

 A ka lae i Leleiwi^^ 

 Honi i ke ala o ka hala, 

 O ka lehua o Mokaulele,^- 



90. Oia ka Pele a kui la. 



He kunana''^ hale Puuloa, 



He hale moe o Papalauahi,-''^ 



He halau no Kilauea, 



Haule mai Pele mai Kahiki mai, 



95. O ka hekili, o ke olai, o ka ua loku, 



''Kauai becomes Pele's scene of action. Li'u doubtless refers to tlie mirage of Mana. 

 "The fragrance of the mokihana (Pclca anisata), for which Kauai is famous, arose. 

 "Ulu, influence or protection ; there was no guardian or keeper to render such aid. 

 ""Pele stamped in her wrath, producing the long waves, while her eye-halls flashed heavenly light. 

 "'Pele's canoe here lands from the east on Molokini, a small islet between Maui and Kahoolawe. 

 '^^t Kumalae Pele released the idols. Tradition has it that image worship in the islands originated witli her 

 advent, though Pele was never represented by one. 



■"Koi, not recognized by this name, whose progeny should be so honored. 



""Kanaenae, sacrificial ofifering. Pele and her people sacrificed there (at Kumalae). 



"Leleiwi point, near Hilo. 



"Mokaulele, a land in Hilo, whose lehua blossoms attracted Pele's wreathing proclivities. 



"Kunana hale for kulana hale, kau understood, a village. 



"Papalauahi (see note 5), the halau or shed structure of Kil.iuo.i, likely the lava strata of the pit. 



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