662 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH ANN. 83 
Pahulu and a few others. Finally his parents, seeing his ight still 
burning, send a double canoe to fetch him home with honor. This is 
how Lanai was cleared of spirits. 
LEPE 
A trickster named Lepe lives at Hilo, Hawaii, calls up the spirits 
by means of an incantation, and then fools them in every possible 
way. 
HANAAU MOE 
Halalii is the king of the spirits on Oahu. The ghost of Hawaii is 
Kanikaa; that of Maui, Kaahualii; of Lanai, Pahulu; of Molokai, 
Kahiole. The great flatterer of the ghosts, Hanaaumoe, persuades 
the Kauai chief, Kahaookamoku, and his men to land with the 
promise of lodging, food, and wives. When they are well asleep, 
the ghost come and eat them up—* they made but one smack and the 
men disappeared.” But one man, Kaneopa, has suspected mischief 
and hidden under the doorsill where the king of the spirits sat, so 
no one found him. He returns and tells the Kauai king, who makes 
wooden images, brings them with him to Oahu, puts them in place of 
his men in the house, while they hide without, and while the ghosts 
are trying to eat these fresh victims, burns down the house and con- 
sumes all but the flatterer, who manages to escape. 
PUNIA 
The artful son of Hina in Kohala goes to the cave of lobsters and 
by lying speech tricks the shark who guard it under their king, 
Kaialeale. He pretends to dive, throws in a stone, and dives in 
another place. Then he accuses one shark after another as his accom- 
plice, and its companions kill it, until only the king is left. The king 
is tricked into swallowing him whole instead of cutting him into bits. 
There he remains until he is bald—* serves him right, the rascal ! ”"— 
but finally he persuades the shark to bring him to land, and the shark 
is caught and Punia escapes. Next he kills a parcel of ghosts by pre- 
tending that this is an old fishing ground of his and enticing them 
out to sea two by two, when he puts them to death, all but one. 
WAKAINA 
A cunning ghost of Waiapuka, North Kohala, disguises himself as 
a dancer and approaches a party of people. He shows off his skill, 
then calls for feather cloak, helmet, bamboo flute, skirt, and various 
other valuable things with which to display his art. When he has 
them secure, he flies off with them, and the audience never see him or 
their property again.” 
1Daggett tells this story. 
2Gill tells this same story from the Hervey group. Myths and Songs, p. 88. 
