[28] Akua. That was Pele herself. “Aina a ke Akua i noho ai” has passed into a saying. [↑]
CHAPTER XXI[1]
HIIAKA DESCRIBES THE SCENE BEFORE HER
Hiiaka constantly showed a lively interest in the important features of the landscape, often addressing them as if they had been sentient beings. At Kai-papa’u, looking out upon cape Lani-loa, she greeted it as if it had been an old friend of the family:
Lele Lani-loa; ua malie;
Ke hoe a’e la ka Moa’e,
Ahu kai i na pali;
Kaiko’o lalo, e.
Ua pi’i kai i uka, e.