190 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. .'^8 



The incidents and ^illusions in this mele belong to the story of 

 Pele's journey in search of Lohiau, the loyer she met in her dreams, 

 and describe her as about to take flight from Oahu to Kauai (yerse 4). 



Hiiaka's bath, Wai auau o Hiiaka (verse 7), which was the subject 

 of Pele's contention (yerse S), Ay as a spring of water which Pele had 

 planted at Huleia on her arrival from Kahiki. The ones with whom 

 Pele had the contention were Kukui-lau-manienie and Kukui-lau- 

 hanahana, the daughters of Lima-loa, the god of the mirage. These 

 two women lived at Huleia near the spring. Kamapuaa, the swine- 

 god, their accepted lover, had taken- the liberty to remove the spring 

 from the rocky bed Ayhere Pele had planted it to a neighboring hill. 

 Pele Ayas offended and demanded of the tAyo women: 



"Where is my spring of water? " 



" \^Tiere, indeed, is A^our spring ? You belong to HaAyaii. AATiat 

 haA'e you to do with any spring on Kauai ? " Ayas their ansAyer. 



" I planted a clean spring here on this rock," said Pele. 



" You have no Avater here,'' they insisted ; " j^-our springs are on 

 Hawaii." 



" If I Avere not going in search of my husband Lohiau," said Pele, 

 " I would set that spring back again in its old' place." 



" You haA^en't the power to do that," said they. " The son of 

 Kahikiula (Kama-puaa) moved it over there, and you can't undo his 

 action." 



The eye of Pele, He onohi no Pele (verse 11), is the iDhosi^hor- 

 escence which Pele's footfall stirs to activity in the ocean. 



The formal ending of this mele, Elieli^ kaii mai^ is often found at 

 the close of a mele in the hula Pele, and marks it as to all intents and 

 purposes a prayer. 



E waiho aku ana o Ahu (verse 4). This is an instance of the 

 separation of the article o from the substantiA^e Ahv, to AA-hich it 

 becomes joined to form the proper name of the island noAv called 

 Oahu. 



Mele 



Ke amo la ke ko'i ke akua la i-uka ; 

 Haki nu'a-nii"a n.ai ka ualu niai Kahiki, 

 Po-po'i aku la i ke alo o Kilauea." 

 Kanaka hea i ka lakou puaa kauu ; 

 5 He \A-ahliie kui lei lehua i uka o Olaa, 

 Ku'u mokii lehna i ke alo o He-eia. 

 O Kuku-ena* waliine, 

 Komo i ka lau-ki. 



"The figure in the second and third verses, of, waves from Kahiki (nalu niai Kahiki) 

 beating against the front of Kilauea (Po-po'i aku la i ke alo o Kilauea), seems to picture 

 the trampling of the multitude splashing the mire as if it were, waves of ocean. 



* Kukuena. There is some uncertainty as to who this character was ; probably the 

 same as Haumea, the mother of Pele. 



