Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii

by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

The question is asked the shining band:

Who are the spirits of power up here?

The azure Cloud-god that floats on high;

God Ku of the Cumulus cloud-bank;

Ku of the Mackerel-patchéd sky;

Ku of the Cloud that roofs the horizon;

Ku, the Cloud-god sailing apart;

And Ku, the Cloud-god, ruddy and ragged;

The Heroes, too, who dwell in the mountains,

Our Comrades they, who range the forest;