644 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
2. KAMAPUAA 
This demigod, half man, half hog, lives in Kaliuwaa valley, Oahu, 
in the reign of Olopana.' His father is Kahikiula, his mother, Hina, 
his brother, Kahikihonuakele. He robs Olopana’s chicken roosts, is 
captured, swung on a stick, and carried in triumph until his grand- 
mother sings a chant which gives him supernatural strength to slay 
his enemies. Four times he is captured and four times escapes. 
killing all of Olopana’s men but Makalii. Then he flees up the val- 
ley Kaliuwaa and lets his followers climb up over his back to the top 
of the cliff, except his grandmother, who insists upon climbing up 
his front. He flees to Wahiawa, loses his strength by eating food 
spelled with the letters Jaw, but eventually becomes lord of Oahu. 
In Kahiki, his father-in-law, Kowea, has a rival, Lonokaeho, who in 
his supernatural form has eight foreheads as sharp as an ax. Kam- 
apuaa chants to his gods, and the weeds Puaakukui, Puaauhaloa, and 
Puaamaumau grow over the foreheads. Thus snared, Lonokaeho 
is Slain. Kamapuaa also defeats Kuilioloa, who has the form of a 
dog. 
The story next describes the struggle between Pele and the pig 
god. Kamapuaa goes to Kilauea on Hawaii and stands on a point 
of land overlooking the pit called Akanikolea. Below sit Pele and 
her sisters stringing wreaths. Kamapuaa derides Pele’s red eyes and 
she in revenge tells him he is a hog, his nose pierced with a cord, his 
face turned to the ground and a tail that wags behind. When he 
retaliates she is so angry that she calls out to her brothers to start 
the fires. Kamapuaa’s love-making god, Lonoikiaweawealoha, de- 
coys the brothers to the lowlands. Then Pele bids her sisters and 
uncles to keep up the fire, but Kamapuaa’s sister, Keliiomakahanaloa, 
protects him with cloud and rain. Kamapuaa takes his hog form, 
and hogs overrun the place; Pele is almost dead. Then the love- 
making god restores her, she fills up the pit again with fire; but 
Kamapuaa calls for the same plants as before, which are his super- 
natural bodies, to choke out the flames. At length peace is declared 
and Pele takes Puna, Kau, and Kona districts, while Kamapuaa 
takes Hilo, Hamakua, and Kohala. (Hence the former districts are 
overrun with lava flows; the latter escape.) 
Next Kamapuaa gets Kahikikolo for a war club. Makalii, king 
of Kauai, is fighting Kaneiki. After Kamapuaa has killed two war- 
riors and driven away two spear throwers, he reveals himself to 
Makalii, who prostrates himself. Kamapuaa recounts the names of 
over fifty heroes whom he has slain and boasts of his amours. He 
spares Makalii on condition that he chant the name song in his 
honor, and spares his own father, brother, and mother. Later he 
1 This is not the Olopana of Hawaii. 
