THE STORY OF MO-E MO-E: ALSO A STORY ABOUT PO-O AND ABOUT KAU-HU-HU THE SHARK-GOD, AND ABOUT MO-E MO-E’S SON, THE MAN WHO WAS BOLD IN HIS WISH
The story of Opele, who came to be called Mo-e Mo-e, is given in the Fornander Collection, Vol. V, Part I, of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, with the title He Kaao no Opelemoemoe, Legend of Opelemoemoe; the story about Po-o is given in the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Vol. V, Part III (the stories in this volume do not belong to the Fornander Collection); the story about the Shark-God is taken from an old publication of the Islands, the Maile Quarterly; the story of the Man who was Bold in his Wish is given in the Fornander Collection, Vol. IV, Part III, of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, with the title Kaao no Kalelealuaka a Me Keinohoomanawanui, the Legend of Kalelealuaka and Keinohoomanawanui. [[217]]
THE WOMAN FROM LALO-HANA, THE COUNTRY UNDER THE SEA
This story is taken from David Malo’s Hawaiian Antiquities. A variant is given in the Fornander Collection. There are many Hinas in Hawaiian tradition, but the Hina of this story is undoubtedly the Polynesian moon-goddess.
HINA, THE WOMAN IN THE MOON
This story is from Mr. Westervelt’s Ma-ui the Demi-God. The husband of this Hina was Aikanaka.