CONTENTS.
His High Office—Laamaomao, His Wind Gourd—In Disfavor with the King He Moves to Molokai—Has a Son Whom He Instructs Carefully—Dreams of Keawenuiaumi Setting Out in Search for Him—Prepares with His Son to Meet the King 72
[Legend of Maniniholokuaua and Keliimalolo] 164
[Legend of Hiku and Kawelu] 182
[Legend of Kalaepuni and Kalaehina] 198
[Legend of Kapunohu] 214 [[iv]]
[Legend of Keaweikekahialii] 262
Messengers of Umi Obtain Keaau’s Famed Cowries—Keaau Seeks a Smart Thief to Recover Them—Learns of Iwa, a Boy on Oahu, and Secures His Aid—Falling in with Umi Fishing with the Shells, the Boy Dives Down and Cuts Them from the Line—Reaching the Canoe They Set Out for Hilo—Umi, at loss of the Shells, Hears of and Finds Iwa, Who Steals Them Back from Keaau—Is Engaged to Steal Umi’s Lost Axe from the Waipio Temple, Then Wins in a Thieving Contest Against Six Experts 284
Punia at the Lobster Cave Finds the Sharks Asleep—Cunningly he Causes the Death of Ten—Kaialeale the King Shark Alone Left—Punia Traps It to Enter Its Stomach—Propping Its Jaws Open He Fires Its Inwards—The Shark Gets Weak and Punia Bald-headed—Stranded on a Sand Shore, the Shark is cut Open—Punia Meets a Number of Ghosts—He Traps Them to Their Death in the Water, Till One Only is Left 294
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Kaulu Seeks His Kind Brother—Encounters Ghosts and Other Obstacles—He Drinks up the Sea—Awakes Makalii for Aid—Kaaona Foiled—Shark Kalakeenuiakane—The Sea Restored—Of Haumea—Lonokaeho of Eight Foreheads Overcome—Mokolii, the Wizard, Killed 364
Palila a Noted Warrior—His Second Battle—Of Olomana and Palila’s Third and Fourth Battles 372
Piimaiwaa a Famous Warrior—Sails for Maui—Kawalakii Image Guard of Kauiki—Piimaiwaa Climbs the Hill, Overthrows the Image and Is Victor Over Maui’s Forces—Of Imaikalani the Blind Warrior—Omaokamao and Koi Engage the Sightless Chief—Omaokamao Learns the Source of Imaikalani’s Strength and Slays Him 376
| I. | [Search for a Suitable Wife] | 384 |
| II. | [Relating to Kakaalaneo] | 386 |
| III. | [The Battle] | 392 |
| IV. | [Relating to Kaikipaananea] | 398 |
| V. | [Relating to Kukaea] | 400 |
[Stories from the Legend of Laieikawai].
| I. | [Relating to Aiohikupua—Haunaka] | 406 |
| II. | [Kihanuilulumoku—Ulili and Aikeehiale] | 410 |
| III. | [Kalahumoku—Battle Between the Dog and Lizard] | 414 |
[Brief Stories of Ghosts and Cunning].
Kekuhaupio, Expert Spearman—Oulu, Champion Slingthrower—Kalaiopuu-Kahekili Contest on Maui—Kekuhaupio Contends with Maui’s Men—His Stand Against Oulu 452
Peapea, Famed Warrior—His Battle and Victory over Kahahana’s Forces—Kekuapoi of Rare Beauty—Peapea’s Display of Courage 458
[Brief Sketch of Kamehameha I].
| [Of Kekuawahine] | 486 | |
| [Makaioulu] | 488 | |
| [Makoa]—[Kaneakaehu]—[Keliimalolo] | 490 | |
| [Kamoeau]—[Pahia] | 494 | |
| [Kawaaiki]—[Kaohele] | 496 | |
| [Kahahawai]—[Uma] | 498 | |
| [Napuelua] | 500 | |
| [Hawae]—[Kahauolopua] | 502 |
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FORNANDER COLLECTION
OF
HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE
THE HAWAIIANS’ ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THEIR ISLANDS AND ORIGIN OF THEIR RACE WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR MIGRATIONS, Etc., AS GATHERED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES
BY
ABRAHAM FORNANDER
Author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race”
WITH TRANSLATIONS EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES BY
THOMAS G. THRUM
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Volume V—Part I
HONOLULU, H. I.
Bishop Museum Press
1918