634 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
I. Sone or Creation (HeEKuUMULIPO) 
The “account of the creation of the world according to Hawaiian 
tradition” is said to celebrate Lonoikamakahiki, also called Kaii- 
mamao, who was the father of Kalaniopuu, king of Hawaii at 
the time of Cook’s visit. ‘The song was “composed by Keaulumoku 
in 1700” and handed down by the chanters of the royal line since that 
day. It was translated by “ Liliuokalani of Hawaii” in 1895-1897, 
and published in Boston, 1897. 
From the Sea-bottom (?). (the male) and Darkness (the fe- 
male) are born the coral insect, the starfish, sea urchin, and the 
shellfish. Next seaweed and grasses are born. Meanwhile land has 
arisen, and in the next era fishes of the sea and plants of the for- 
est appear. Next are born the generations of insects and birds; 
after these the reptiles—all the “rolling, clinging” creatures. 
In the fifth era is born a creature half pig, half man; the races of 
men also appear (7). In the sixth come the rats; in the seventh, 
dogs and bats; in the eighth is born the woman Lailai (calmness), 
the man Kii, and the gods Kane and “the great octopus” Kanaloa. 
Lailai flies to heaven, rests upon “the boughs of the aoa tree in 
Nuumealani,” and bears the earth. She weds Kii and begets a gen- 
eration of gods and demigods. 
In the course of these appear Wakea and his three wives, Haumea, 
Papa, and Hoohokukalani. Wakea, becoming unfaithful to Papa, 
changes the feast days and establishes the taboo. Later the stars 
are hung in the heavens. Wakea seeks in the sea for “seeds from 
Hina,” with which to strew the heavens. Hina floats up from the 
bottom of the sea and bears sea creatures and volcanic rocks. Hau- 
mea, a stranger of high rank from Kuaihelani at Paliuli, marries her 
own sons and grandsons. To her line belong Waolena and his wife 
Mafuie, whose grandchild, Maui, is born in the shape of a fowl. 
The brothers of his mother, Hina, are angry and fight Maui, but are 
thrown. They send him to fetch a branch from the sacred awa 
bush; this, too, he achieves. He desires to learn the art of fishing. 
and his mother gives him a hook and line with which he catches “ the 
royal fish Pimoe.” He “scratches the eight eyes” of the bat who 
abducts Hina. He nooses the sun and so wins summer. He con- 
quers (?) Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Oahu. From him descends“ the 
only high chief of the island.” 
II. Cuants Revatine THE ORIGIN OF THE GROUP 
A, KAHAKUIKAMOANA 
This famous priest chants the history of “the row of islands from 
Nuumea; the group of islands from the entrance to Kahiki.” First 
Hawaii is born, “ out of darkness,” then Maui, then Molokai “of 
