636 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
bottom of the sea, and the fetching of the gods Kane and Kanaloa, 
Kauakahi and Maliu, to these islands. 
Til. Hawanan Fork Tates, Romances, or Moorieno 
A, HERO TALES PRIMARILY OF OAHU AND KAUAT 
1. AUKELENUIAIKU* 
The eleventh child of Iku and Kapapaiakea in Kuaihelani is his 
father’s favorite, and to him Iku wills his rank and his kingdom. 
The brothers are jealous and seck to kill him. They go through the 
Hawaiian group to compete in boxing and wrestling, defeat Kealohi- 
kikaupea, the strong man of Kauai; Kaikipaananea, Kupukupuke- 
haikalani, and Kupukupukehaiaiku, three strong men of Oahu, and 
King Kakaalaneo of Maui; but are afraid when they hear of Kepa- 
kailiula, the strong man of Hawaii, and return to Kuaihelani. 
Aukelenuiaiku has grown straight and faultless. ‘“ His skin is 
like the ripe banana and his eyeballs like the blood of the banana as 
it first appears.” He wants to join his brothers in a wrestling match, 
but is forbidden by the father, who fears their jealousy. He steals 
away and shoots an arrow into their midst; it is a twisted arrow, 
theirs are jointed. The brothers are angry, but when one of them 
strikes the lad, his own arm is broken. The younger brother takes, 
up each one in turn and throws him into the sea. The brothers pre- 
tend friendship and invite him into the house, but only to throw 
him into the pit Kamooinanea, where lives the lizard grandmother 
who devours men. She saves her grandchild and instructs him how 
to reach the queen, Namakaokahai. For the journey she furnishes 
him with a box for his god, Lonoikoualii; a leaf, Jawkahi, to satisfy 
his hunger; an ax and a knife; her own tail, in which lies the 
strength of her body; and her feather skirt and kahili, by shaking 
which he can reduce his enemies to ashes. 
When his brothers see him return safe from the pit they determine 
to flee to foreign lands. They make one more attempt to kill him by 
shutting him into a water hole, but one soft-hearted brother lets him 
out. The hero then persuades the brothers to let him accompany 
them. On the way he feeds them with “food and meat” from his 
club, Kaiwakaapu. They sail eight months, touch at Holaniku, 
where they get awa, sugar cane, bananas, and coconuts, and arrive in 
four months more at Lalakeenuiakane, the land of Queen Namakao- 
kahai. The queen is guarded by four brothers in bird form, Kane- 
moe, Kaneapua, Leapua, and Kahaumana, by two maid servants in 
animal form, and by a dog, Moela. The whole party is reduced to 
1Compare Westervelt’s Gods and Ghosts, p. 66. 
