BECKWITH] APPENDIX 643 
11. KALELEALUAKA 
Kakuhihewa, king of Ewa, on Oahu, and Pueonui, king from Mo- 
analua to Makapuu, are at war with each other. Kalelealuaka, son of 
Opelemoemoe, the sleeper, lives with his companion, Keinohoomana- 
wanul, at Oahunui. He is a dreamer; that is, a man who wants 
everything without working for it. One night the two chant their 
wishes. His companion desires a good meal and success in his daily 
avocations, but Kalelealuaka wishes for the king’s food served by 
the king himself, and the king’s daughter for his wife. Now Kaku- 
hihewa has night after night seen the men’s light and wondered who 
it might be. This night he comes to the hut, overhears the wish, and 
making himself known to the daring man, fulfills his wish to the 
letter. Thus Kalelealuaka becomes the king’s son-in-law. When the 
battle is on with the rival king, Kalelealuaka’s companion goes off 
to war, but Kalelealuaka remains at home. When all are gone, he 
runs off like the wind, slays Pueo’s best captain and brings home his 
feather. cloak, while his friend gets the praise for the deed. Finally 
he is discovered, he brings out the feather cloaks and is made king 
of Oahu, Kakuhihewa serving under him. 
B. HERO TALES PRIMARILY OF HAWAII 
1. WAHANUI 
Wahanui, king of Hawaii, makes a vow to “trample the breasts 
of Kane and Kanaloa.”? He takes his prophet, Kilohi, and starts for 
Kahiki. Kane and Kanaloa have left their younger brother, Kariea- 
pua, on Lanai, because he made their spring water filthy. He forces 
himself upon Wahanui, and saves him from the dangers of the way— 
from the land of Kanehunamoku, which takes the shape of Hina’s 
dog; from the two demigod hills, Paliuli and Palikea, sent against 
them by Kane and Kanaloa; and from a 10 days’ storm loosened 
from the calabash of Laamaomao, which they escape by making: their 
boat fast to the intestines of Kamapuaa’s grandmother under the sea. 
When Wahanui has fulfilled his quest and sets out to return, Kanea- 
pua gives him his double-bodied god, Pilikua, and warns him not to 
show it until he gets to Hawaii. He displays it at Kauai, and the 
Kauai people kill him in order to get the god. The Hawaii people 
hear of it, invite the Kauai people to see them, and slaughter them 
in revenge. 
1 This means literally “to travel over land and sea.” (See Malo, p. 316.) The song 
runs: 
“Wahilani, king of Oahu, 
Who sailed away to Kahiki, 
To the islands of Moananuiakea, 
To trample the breasts of Kane and Kanaloa.” 
