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his brother. At seeing this small
fellow Kaeha asked: “Who is this
small boy?” “I am Kaulu, your
youngest brother, whom you
placed on the shelf. Because I
love you I came to look for you.”
Kaeha then said: “We are going
to drink awa with the spirits.”
Kaulu said: “Yes, tell the spirits to
drink their awa first and you take
yours after them. Before you
drink yours offer a little to me as
your god by repeating the
following words: “Here is our
awa.” I will then answer back:
“Drink it and let me have the
portion that is intoxicating.” At
the close of the conference held
by the two Kaulu returned to the
palm leaf, while Kaeha returned
to the house to join the spirits.
Upon entering the house the
spirits said to Kaeha: “Drink your
awa first.” Kaeha replied: “No.”
The spirits then drank theirs up.
After the spirits had finished,
Kaeha said to the spirits: “Now
you be quiet until after I have
taken my awa.” Kaeha then took
up his cup of awa and offered up
a prayer:
Here is our awa.
ka holopapa; no kuu aloha ia oe,
nolaila au i huli mai nei.” I aku o
Kaeha: “E inu awa ana makou
me ke akua.” Olelo aku o Kaulu:
“Ae, olelo aku oe, o lakou mua
ke inu i ka awa, a mahope oe. A
inu oe i ko awa, e kaumaha ae
oe ia’u i akua nou, penei oe e
olelo ai: “Eia ka awa o kaua.”
Kahea aku au: “Inu hia, o ka ona
ko onei ea.” A pau ko laua olelo
ana, hoi aku la o Kaulu a ka ao
loulu, hoi hoi o Kaeha a loko o
ka hale me ke akua. Olelo mai
ke akua ia Kaeha: “O kou awa
ke inu mua.” Hoole aku o Kaeha.
Inu iho la ke ’kua a pau ka awa,
koe o Kaeha a mahope; olelo
aku la o Kaeha i ke akua: “E
noho malie oukou a pau kuu
awa i ka inu.” Lalau aku la o
Kaeha i ka apu awa a kaumaha
ae la:
Eia ka awa o kaua.
[A loud voice was then heard to
call out:]
Drink it and may I have the
portion that is intoxicating.
When the spirits heard this loud
call they began pinching one
another and said: “What a
wonderfully loud-voiced god you
have, Kaeha.” Because of this
trick played by Kaeha and Kaulu,
Kane and Kanaloa were puzzled,
so they sent Kolea and his mate
to fly up to Makalii and inquire of
him as to the meaning of the
loud-voiced god of Kaeha. Upon
the arrival of Kolea and his mate
in the presence of Makalii,
Makalii asked them: “What do
you two want?” “We have been
sent by Kane and Kanaloa to ask
you about the loud-voiced god
that calls out at night.” Makalii
replied: “That is Kaulu the
youngest brother of Kaeha. He is
all-powerful and strong and he is
hiding in the palm leaf.”
Upon the return of Kolea and his
mate in the presence of Kane
and Kanaloa, they repeated what
they had been told by Makalii.
Inu hia, o ka ona ko’u ea.
I ka lohe ana o ke akua i keia leo
nui e hea ana, iniki aku iniki mai:
“Ka! Kupanaha ke akua leo nui o
kou e Kaeha.” Ma keia hana a
Kaeha a me Kaulu, haohao o
Kane laua o Kanaloa, hoouna ia
Kolea ma e lele iluna i o Makalii
la. A hiki o Kolea ma i o Makalii
la, ninau mai o Makalii: “Heaha
ka olua?” “I hoouna mai nei o
Kane a me Kanaloa ia maua, e
ninau aku ia oe no ke akua leo
nui o Kaeha, ke hea mai i ka po.”
I mai o Makalii: “O Kaulu na ke
kaikaina o Kaeha; he mana, he
ikaika, aia nae i loko o ka ao
loulu kahi i pee ai.”
A hiki o Kolea ma i o Kane laua
o Kanaloa, hai aku la i na olelo a
Makalii, alaila, hele aku la ke
akua e huli ia Kaulu, i loko o ka
On hearing the report, the spirits
went out and searched for Kaulu
in the palm leaf, but could not
find him. After this it became a
general thing for the spirit to get
intoxicated on awa. One night
Kaulu brought in some large
stones and placed them on the
place where the spirits slept at
night. In the middle of the night
the spirits woke up and bumped
their heads against them. The
gods called to one another
regarding these stones.
Because of these tricks played
by Kaulu on the spirits, they tried
to find fault about Kaeha in order
to find cause for putting him to
death; so one day the spirits said
[526]to Kaeha: “You must find
your own food 3 after this as you
have eaten all of ours.” So
Kaeha was forced to go about
from place to place looking for
food. When Kaulu saw Kaeha
going from place to place he
knew what he wanted so he took
Kaeha with him and flew to
Manowaikeoo, a land owned by
Kane and Kanaloa, where all the
food belonging to the spirits was
raised. The place was guarded
ao loulu aole nae he loaa. He
mea mau i ke akua ka ona
pinepine i ka awa i na po a pau
loa, i kekahi po lawe mai la o
Kaulu i na pohaku nui a kau ae
la maluna o kahi moe o ke ’kua,
pela na akua a pau loa; i waena
o ka po, ala ae la lakou, kuia ke
poo i ka pohaku, kahea aku ke
’kua i ke ’kua no keia pohaku.
No keia mau hana a Kaulu, imi
hala ke akua ia Kaeha, i mea e
make ai. [527]
Olelo aku ke ’kua ia Kaeha: “E
imi oe i momona nau, no ka mea
ua pau ka makou momona ia oe
i ka ai ia. Nolaila, hele aku la o
Kaeha me ka maopopo ole o
kahi e loaa ai o ka momona. Ike
mai la o Kaulu ia Kaeha, hahai
aku la; lalau ihola o Kaulu ia
Kaeha, a lele aku la i
Manowaikeoo. No Kane laua o
Kanaloa ia aina, a ma laila na
momona a pau loa a ke ’kua.
Eha kiai, o Uweliki, o Uweleka, o
Maalaka, o Maalaki. Ma kekahi
aoao o Maalaka a me Maalaki, i
ko laua ike ana mai ia Kaulu ma,
e awa iho ana laua i lalo, nanao
kahako kapali, haule o Kaulu ma
by four men, Uweliki, Uweleka,
Maalaka and Maalaki. These
men watched in pairs. In the
watch of Maalaka and Maalaki
Kaulu and Kaeha were seen so
they turned the face of the land
downward causing a deep
depression in the land whereby
Kaulu and Kaeha fell off the land
into space. When Kaulu saw that
they were in trouble he called
out:
Say, Kaulu, turn down;
Say, Kaulu, stretch out; 4
Say, Kaulu, double up.
[There are] four single ones
[And] four double ones.
Through the reaching powers of
Kaulu they were able once more
to land when Kaulu grabbed
Maalaka and Maalaki, saying: “I
am going to kill you two.” They
answered: “If we die there will be
no guards fit to watch the land.”
This, Kaulu acknowledged.
Kaulu and Kaeha then continued
on their way until they found
Uweleki and Uweleka on the
other side of the land, who
asked: “What do you two want?”
Kaulu replied: “All the good
i lalo loa. A ike o Kaulu i ko laua
pilikia, kahea ae o Kaulu:
E Kaulu-e, awa ia,
E Kaulu-e, kikoo-lia.
E Kaulu-e, pupuu-lia.
Eha kaukahi, eha kaulua.
Kau ana laua nei i luna, a hopu
ana ia Maalaka me Maalaki:
“Make olua ia’u.” Olelo mai laua
la: “Ina maua e make, aohe kiai
o ka aina e pono ai.” Ae aku o
Kaulu. Hele aku la o Kaulu ma a
loaa o Uweleki a me Uweleka
ma kekahi aoao, ninau mai la:
“Heaha ka olua?” I aku o Kaulu:
“He momona.” I loko o ko laua la
manao, aole e pau ka momona
ia Kaulu no ka uuku o ke kino ke
nana aku, nolaila, haawi laua i
ka momona ia Kaulu. E hao ae
things to eat.” The guards
thinking that Kaulu could in no
way take all the good things as
he was a very small fellow,
allowed Kaulu to have all he
wanted. At this Kaulu took all he
could find and eat up all the
things he could lay his hands on:
the food, the fish, the pork, the
chickens, all the things that were
growing and all that had been
planted; Kaulu took everything
that could be found and then
flew up and hid the rays of the
sun causing darkness. At this the
guards begged of Kaulu to give
them back some of the food as
seed for propagation, so he gave
them one taro top, one potato
leaf, one hog, one chicken and
so on to the end of the good
things, so Kaulu and Kaeha
returned to Kane and Kanaloa.
After tasting the different things,
Kane and Kanaloa were sure the
things tasted just like the good
things of of Manowaikeoo. Upon
making this discovery Kane and
Kanaloa sent Kolea and his mate
to fly and inquire of Makalii 5
where these good things had
come from. Upon their arrival,
ana o Kaulu i ka momona, pau
ka ai, ka ia, ka puaa ka moa, na
mea ulu, na mea kanu; noke ia e
Kaulu a pau loa, lele ae ana o
Kaulu i luna, pouli ka la poeleele.
Nolaila, nonoi aku na kiai ia
Kaulu i mea hoopulapula hou no
ka aina; haawi mai o Kaulu,
hookahi huli kalo, hookahi lau
uala, hookahi puaa, hookahi
moa, a pela aku no. A hiki o
Kaulu ma i o Kane a me
Kanaloa, haawi i ka moana,
haohao laua i keia momona, i ka
like loa me ka laua momona o
Manowaikeoo. No keia haohao o
Kane a me Kanaloa, hoouna
laua ia Kolea ma e lele i luna e
ninau ia Makalii; a hiki laua i
luna, hai mai no o Makalii, o ka
momona no ia o Manowaikeoo a
Kaulu i lawe mai ai. A hiki laua i
o Kane laua o Kanaloa, hai aku
la i ko laua lohe ia Makalii;
nolaila, huhu na akua a pau loa
ia Kaulu a me Kaeha.
Nolaila, hoowalewale ke akua ia
Kaeha, e hele i ka heenalu. A
hiki lakou i kahi o ka nalu, kahea
ke akua i na mano a pau loa, e
hopu a paa o Kaeha haawi aku
Makalii told them that these good
things were from Manowaikeoo
which place had been invaded
by Kaulu. On their arrival in the
presence of Kane and Kanaloa,
they reported what they had
heard from Makalii. Upon
hearing the report all the spirits
got angry with Kaulu and Kaeha,
so all the spirits began to tempt
Kaeha and urged him to go surf-
riding. When they arrived at the
place where the surf was
breaking, the spirits called for all
the sharks to come together and
take Kaeha and carry him to
their king, Kukamaulunuiakea.
This was a very large shark, his
length and breadth were
unknown. When his mouth was
opened the top jaw would reach
to heaven while the bottom jaw
would be in the bottom of the
sea; its body was entirely
covered over with coral. As
Kaeha came in the presence of
the shark, he was swallowed
whole. Kaulu at this time was not
on his guard which was the
reason [528]why his brother was
successfully carried away. After
a while Kaulu discovered that his
brother was missing, so he
na ke ’lii. O Kukamaulunuiakea
ke ’lii o na mano a pau loa, he
mano nui, aole ike ia kona loa a
me kona laula; ina hamama ka
waha, pili o luna i ka lani, o ke a
malalo i ka honua; ulu ke koa i
luna a manamana, nana i ale o
Kaeha a noho i loko o ka opu.
[529]Ua walewale o Kaulu i keia
make ana o kona kaikuaana, a
mahope noonoo o Kaulu, i kona
ninau ana i ke ’kua, hoole mai ke
’kua, nolaila, manao iho la o
Kaulu ua make.
Hele aku la o Kaulu i kahi o ke
kai e poi ana, a hiki o Kaulu,
wehe i kona mai a hou i ke kai,
ua omo ia ke kai a pau i loko
ona, nolaila, waiho wale na ia i
ka maloo. Noke aku ana o Kaulu
i ka huli i na ia a pau loa, oia na
mano, ka niuhi, ka lalakea, ka
hihimanu, aohe loaa; noke keia
ma Kahiki-ku me Kahiki-moe i ka
huli, aole loaa o Kaeha. Lele o
Kaulu a luna i o Makalii la, ninau;
ia ia i hiki ai i o Makalii la, e moe
ana o Makalii i luna ke alo, iniki
ana o Kaulu i ka puukole. Olelo
iho: “Make e Makalii; heaha kau
huaolelo?” “O ko kaikuaana aia i
inquired of the spirits where his
brother had gone to. Upon being
told that they knew nothing about
him, Kaulu then felt that he was
dead. He then proceeded to the
seashore, stooped down and
drank up the sea so that all the
fish were stranded, dry. Kaulu
then began to make a search for
his brother in all the different
man-eating fish, the common
shark, the tiger shark and the
hihimanu, but he was unable to
find him. He then searched in all
the four corners of the sea and
still Kaeha was not to be found.
Kaulu then flew up to Makalii to
enquire of him for the
whereabouts of Kaeha. When he
came up to Makalii he found him
lying down with his face turned
up. Kaulu then pinched his mons
veneris at the same time calling
him: “Dead you are, Makalii.
What have you to say?” Makalii
replied: “Your oldest brother is in
a shark.” Kaulu asked: “Tell me
of him.” While Kaulu was asking
these questions of Makalii,
Koeleele, a younger brother of
Makalii, came in with a large
rock, called Ikuwa, which was
larger than the island of Maui.
loko o ka mano. I aku o Kaulu:
“E hai mai oe ia’u?”
Ia Kaulu e ninau ana ia Makalii,
ku ana o Koeleele me ka pohaku
nui (ua oi ae mamua o Maui
kona nui), o Ikuwa ka inoa, he
kaikaina no Makalii, he kanaka
huhu a me ka ikaika loa. Hoolei
iho la ia i ka pohaku i luna o
Kaulu. Koo ae ana o Kaulu i ka
manamana miki poi, paa ka
pohaku i luna. Olelo aku o
Kaulu: “Ea, paa ka hoi ka
pohaku a ua kanaka ikaika?”
Lohe o Koeleele, holo, oia kona
mea i pakele ai ia Kaulu. Olelo
aku o Kaulu: “E hai mai oe ia’u i
ka mano nana i nahu, a me kona
wahi i noho ai.” Nana o Makalii,
aohe ike ia o lalo nei, nolaila,
pupuhi ia i ke kukui a malino o
lalo nei, ike ia ka mano nana i
nahu; kuhikuhi mai o Makalii, aia
i ke koa e ulu ana a manamana.
Koeleele was a man who had a
very bad temper and he was a
very powerful man. At sight of
Kaulu he threw the rock at him,
but Kaulu braced up his fore- or
poi finger and held the rock up
and then said: “Say, the rock
from the mighty one is held up,
isn’t it?” When Koeleele heard
this he ran away, thus saving
himself from Kaulu.

Kaulu then asked of Makalii: “Tell

me the shark that swallowed my
brother and also the place where
the shark lives.” Makalii then
looked, but he was unable to see
anything below them, so he
chewed some kukui nuts and
blew the oily substance over the
atmosphere beneath them which
caused it to be clear and he was
thus enabled to locate the shark
which had swallowed Kaeha.
Makalii then pointed him out to
Kaulu at the same time saying:
“It is the one overgrown 6 with
coral.”

Upon the arrival of Kaulu at the A hiki o Kaulu, ninau iho la i ke

place and found the mass of koa e waiho ana: “Ua ike anei oe
coral, he asked: “Have you seen i kuu kaikuaana?” Olelo mai ka
my brother?” The king of the mano alii, o Kukamaulunuiakea:
sharks, Kukamaulunuiakea, said:
“I have swallowed him, he is now
within me all digested.” Kaulu
again asked the shark: “Are you
strong?” “Yes, I can reach the
heaven with my upper jaw and
the bottom of the ocean with my
lower jaw.” Kukamaulunuiakea
then opened its mouth. As soon
as this was done Kaulu propped
it open while he called for his
brother to come out. Kaeha then
came out. His hair had all fallen
off making him bald headed.
Kukamaulunuiakea was
thereupon slain by Kaulu and its
spirit flew up to heaven and it
turned into the Milky Way 7 as
seen at midnight, from ancient
time to the present day. Kaulu
and Kaeha then returned and
Kaulu vomited out the sea water.
Kaeha was in front and Kaulu in
the rear, as the ocean was
restored. It is said that owing to
this action of Kaulu the sea
water became salty to this day.
When the spirits looked and saw
Kaulu and Kaeha returning, they
said amongst themselves: “So
Kaeha is not dead.” After this the
spirit again tempted Kaeha and
“Ua pau ia’u, eia i loko o’u ia e
waiho nei, ua lepo, ua kukae?” I
aku o Kaulu: “He ikaika no?” Ae
mai ka mano: “Ae, o ko’u ikaika,
pili ke a luna i ka lani, o ke a lalo
i ka honua.” E hamama mai ana
o Kukamaulunuiakea, e koo ae
ana o Kaulu, paa o luna i ka lani,
paa ke a lalo i ka honua. Kahea
aku o Kaulu ia loko o ka opu o
ka mano, e hele mai o loko i
waho, oili mai ana o Kaeha, ua
helelei ka lauoha, ua ohule ke
poo. Make o Kukamaulunuiakea
ia Kaulu, lele kona hauli a kau i
ka lani, oia kela ia e kau nei o ka
huli ana o ke kau, i ke aumoe o
ka po. Malaila e nana mau nei
ko Hawaii nei mau kamaaina
mai kawa kahiko a hiki i keia wa.
Hoi mai la o Kaulu me Kaeha;
mamua o Kaeha mahope o
Kaulu, ia wa, kuu o Kaulu i ka
wai i omo ia ai e ka mai ona, hoi
hou ke kai a like me mamua. Ua
enticed him to go and play
swing. So the spirits and Kaeha
proceeded to where a swing was
rigged up, when they remarked
to Kaeha: “You take the first ride
while we push the swing for
you.” While this conversation
was going on, Kaulu arrived and
in a cunning way said: “Say, if
you all wish to take a ride on the
swing, I will pull the [530]rope.” 8
He then proceeded to instruct
them how to ride the swing. “In
my country we ride the swing by
sitting facing one another to the
full length or top of the rope; then
the swing is pulled and the
pleasure begins.” In this way all
those spirits were killed, by the
swing breaking. When the
remaining spirits saw this trick
played on them by Kaulu, they
thought they would get even with
him by again enticing Kaeha to
go with them for rod-fishing. On
this fishing excursion Kaeha was
killed and he was put in the shell
of a bitter opihi, 9 the kind that
sticks to the smooth boulders.
On missing Kaeha, Kaulu went
in search of him until he
discovered him in an opihi; but
on account of its smooth surface
olelo ia ma keia kaao, ua
awaawa ke kai no keia hana ana
a Kaulu pela, oia kona awaawa
a hiki i keia la a kakou e ike nei.
Nana mai la ke ’kua ia Kaulu a
me Kaeha e hoi aku ana, olelo
iho ke ’kua: “Aole ka i make o
Kaeha.” Nolaila, hoopunipuni
hou ke ’kua ia Kaeha, e hele e
lele kowali. Hele aku la ke ’kua
me Kaeha a hiki i ke kowali, i
aku ke ’kua ia Kaeha: “O oe mua
ke lele, e ka makou ia oe.” Ia
lakou e olelo ana, ku ana o
Kaulu, a olelo aku la me ka
maalea: “Ea ina oukou e
makemake e lele kowali, na’u
[531]oukou e ka.” Penei ka Kaulu
olelo i ke ’kua: “Ka lele kowali o
ko makou aina, he huli alo ka
noho ana o luna o ke kowali, he
alo he alo, pela no e hoonoho ai
a hiki i ka paa ana o luna, alaila,
ka ke kowali, lealea.” Ma keia
hana a Kaulu, ua pau loa ia poe
akua i ka make, no ka moku o ke
kowali. Ike iho la ke ’kua i keia
hana a Kaulu, hoopunipuni hou
lakou ia Kaeha, e hele i ke
paeaea, ka makoi. Ia hele ana o
Kaeha me ke ’kua, make o
Kaeha, hoopili ia i loko o ka opihi
awa, oia kela opihi kau i ka
he was unable to get the opihi
from the boulder, so he urinated
on the opihi, which released
Kaeha. This action caused all
the opihi of this kind to become
bitter to this day, and it has
always been known from that
day as the bitter opihi.
After Kaeha was brought to life
again by Kaulu they returned to
live on Oahu. When they arrived
at Papakolea, Moanalua, Kaulu
left Kaeha at this place while he
continued on his way to
Kapalama in search of Haumea.
Haumea was a spirit that lived at
Niuhelewai, Oahu. It was a
female spirit. Upon the arrival of
Kaulu he found Haumea asleep.
Kaulu then called: “Say,
Haumea, why don’t you get up,
cook your food and afterwards
fight with Kaulu?” Haumea then
sat up while Kaulu returned
home and then flew up to Makalii
who asked him: “What is it you
want, Kaulu?” “I have come for
the net. 10 Give it to me so that I
will be able to kill Haumea.”
Makalii then gave him his nets,
Maoleha and its mate. Kaulu
then returned and again found
paala. Huli o Kaulu a loaa o
Kaeha i loko o ka opihi, oi hamo
wale o Kaulu aohe hemo o ka
opihi, e mimi aku ana o Kaulu,
hemo o Kaeha, awaawa ia opihi
a hiki i keia la, nolaila, kapaia ka
opihi awa, oia kela opihi e pili
ana i ka ala maloo, e olelo ia ana
he kukae la.
Mahope o keia ola hou ana o
Kaeha ia Kaulu, hoi mai la laua i
Oahu nei e noho ai. A hiki laua
ma Moanalua, i Papakolea,
hoonoho o Kaulu ia Kaeha ilaila;
hele mai la o Kaulu a loaa o
Haumea i Kapalama. He ’kua o
Haumea no Oahu nei, e noho
ana ia i Niuhelewai, he wahine o
Haumea. A hiki o Kaulu, e moe
ana o Haumea, olelo iho o Kaulu
me ke kahea. “E Haumea, e
Haumea, ka i no he ala, kahu ke
o a moa, hakaka me Kaulu.”
Noho o Haumea hoi kela. Lele o
Kaulu a hiki i luna i o Makalii la,
ninau mai o Makalii: “Heaha kau
e Kaulu?” “He koko ka’u i kii mai
nei, e haawi mai oe ia’u i make o
Haumea.” Haawi mai la o Makalii
i na koko ana, ia Maoleha ma.
Haumea asleep. Kaulu then
surrounded the house with the
nets, after which he called out to
Haumea: “Are you to continue on
sleeping? Why don’t you get up
and let us fight?” Haumea then
woke up and tried this way and
that to get out of the house.
Kaulu kept at some distance
away from the house and ran
around it. At seeing Kaulu
running around, Haumea
attempted to get after him and
was entangled in the net where
she was caught and killed. Kaulu
then went for Kaeha and they
returned to Kailua [Oahu] their
birthplace where their parents
were then living.
Lonokaeho was the king of
Koolau at this time and he was
living at Kailua. He had a very
prominent forehead and was
called Piokeanuenue. Soon after
the return of Kaulu to Kailua he
went to the king’s house and
asked the king’s attendants:
“Who is that man with the sharp
forehead?” “Lonokaeho,” replied
one of the attendants. They then
called for Lonokaeho, saying:
“Here is a youngster who is
Hoi mai la o Kaulu a hiki, e moe
ana o Haumea; hoopuni o Kaulu
i ke koko a puni ka hale, kahea
iho o Kaulu ia Haumea: “O ka
moe no ka kau, ka i no o ke ala
ae e kaua kaua.” Ala ae la o
Haumea, hou aku la ma kela
wahi keia wahi o ka hale,
hoowalewale o Kaulu me ka holo
ma o a ma o o ka hale o
Haumea; pela o Haumea i hou
hewa ai a loaa na koko o
Maoleha ma, paa o Haumea i ka
puliki ia, a make iho la. Kii aku la
o Kaulu ia Kaeha, a hoi aku la i
Kailua, ko laua aina hanau, kahi
o na makua e noho ana.
O Lonokaeho ke ’lii o Koolau a
me Kailua, nona ka lae oi o
Piokeanuenue. A hiki o Kaulu
imua o na kahu o Lonokaeho,
ninau aku la ia i na kahu: “Owai
hoi kela kanaka lae lapalapa?”
“O Lonokaeho.” Kahea aku la na
kahu ia Lonokaeho: “Kupanaha
keia wahi keiki i amuamu mai nei
ia oe.” “Pehea?” “Owai kela
kanaka lae lapalapa?” I mai o
Lonokaeho: “He ikaika no, o ka
hele ana mai i ko Lonokaeho
calling you names.” “What did he
say?” “Who is that man with the
sharp forehead?” Lonokaeho
then said: “Are you strong,
coming to Lonokaeho’s place in
this way?” Kaulu replied: “I have
a little strength but not much.”
Lonokaeho’s forehead then
ascended to heaven and came
down again, with the idea of
striking Kaulu and killing him; but
Kaulu said:
Say, Kaulu, turn down.
Say, Kaulu, stretch out.
Say, Kaulu, double up.
[There are] four single ones
[And] four double ones.
[532]
Kaulu’s hands then asked: “What
is it?” Kaulu replied: “The upper
jaw, hold it up; the lower jaw,
hold it down.” Lonokaeho’s
forehead was thus made fast to
the ground; the ohia trees and
the grass grew over him and
Lonokaeho was killed on that
famous hill of Olomana, which
stands to this day.
Kaulu and Kaeha then lived
wahi?” I aku o Kaulu: “He wahi
ikaika no, aole nae i mahuahua.”
Pii ka lae o Lonokaeho a kiekie i
luna i ka lani, iho iho e make o
Kaulu, olelo ae o Kaulu penei:
E Kaulu e, awaa ia.
E Kaulu-e, kikoo-lia.
E Kaulu e, pupuu lia.
Eha kaukahi,
Eha kaulua.
[533]
Ninau ae na lima o Kaulu: “E
aha la?” “O ke a luna i luna, o ke
a lalo i lalo.” Paa ka lae o
Lonokaeho i ka honua, ulu ka
ohia, ka mauu i luna, a make iho
la o Lonokaeho, ma kela puu
kaulana o Olomana, e ku nei a
hiki i keia la.
Noho iho la o Kaulu me Kaeha,
together until the death of
Kaeha, when Kaulu took unto
himself a wife, Kekele by name.
Kekele was a very handsome
woman whose breath and skin
were as sweet as the inamona. 11
She was a very quiet woman.
Her favorite flowers and vines
were the hala, maile, ieie and all
the fragrant leaves. When she
retired at night she used to sleep
with her hala wreaths and would
wear them until they were dried
up; therefore the hala at Kekele
was planted for her and it grows
to this day. They lived as
husband and wife until their
death without having any
children. [523]
a mahope make iho la o Kaeha,
noho iho la o Kaulu a hoao me
kana wahine, o Kekele ka inoa.
He wahine maikai o Kekele,
aohe puu, aohe kee, he ala kona
hanu a me ka ili, ua like me ka
inamona, a he wahine noho
malie loa ia. O kana puni ka
hala, ka maile, ka ieie, na mea
aala a pau loa. Ina e moe, lei pu
no me ka lei hala, ina e maloo ka
lei, lei no, a hiki i ka helelei ana.
Nolaila, ulu ka hala o Kekele a
hiki i keia la. Noho iho la laua me
Kaulu a hiki i ko laua make ana,
aohe loaa keiki. [532]

1 Lewanuu and Lewalani; two spheres

of cloud land, Lewanuu being the
highest. ↑
2 This has reference to a figurative
power possessed by the hands,
referred to here as upper and lower
jaws. ↑
3 Momona, food; fat things of the land;
although the term momona is
generally used in qualification of food,
not food itself. ↑
4 Kikoo-lia, or ia; same as pupuu-lia,
or ia. ↑
5 Makalii, god of plenty. ↑
6 Ulu ana a manamana, growing and
branching. ↑
7 Here perhaps is the origin of the
term ia, fish, for the Milky Way, it
being the spirit of Kukamaulunuiakea,
the monster king of sharks. ↑
8 Ka, swinging by pulling, not pushing.
The Hawaiian swing was a single
rope, usually a cord of twisted
convolvulus vine kowali, written also
koali, hence its name. ↑
9 Opihi, a small limpet (Neritina
granosa). ↑
10 Koko, a net for carrying or hanging
calabashes. ↑
11 Inamona, a table delicacy from
pounded kukui nuts. ↑
[Contents]
Legend of
Hoamakeikekula.
Hoamakeikekula was a very
beautiful woman and was very
pleasant to look upon. Her skin
was like the covering of the
young banana shoot; 1 her eyes
were like the weleweka 2 blossom
and her form was erect and
faultless. Hooleipalaoa was the
father, and Pili was the mother,
and the land of
[Hoamakeikekula’s] birth was
Oioiapaiho in Kohala.
Hooleipalaoa and Pili were of
very high chief rank of Kohala in
ancient time. Pili conceived and
gave birth to a son Waikuaala by
name. After he was grown up Pili
again conceived and gave birth
to the faultless one,
Hoamakeikekula.
Hoamakeikekula upon her birth
Kaao no
Hoamakeikekula.
He wahine maikai loa o
Hoamakeikekula, a he nani loa
kona mau helehelena ke nana
aku; o kona ili, ua like ia me ka ili
o ka Opuu-maia o ka hua hou
ana iho; o kona maka, ua like
me ka pua o ka weleweka, a o
kona kino ua pololei a kina ole.
O Hooleipalaoa ka makuakane,
o Pili ka makuahine, o
Oioiapaiho i Kohala ka aina
hanau; he mau alii lakou no
Kohala i ka wa kahiko. Hapai o
Pili, a hanau he keiki kane, o
Waikuaala kona inoa, a nui,
hapai o Pili a hanau, oia ka mea
kinaole o Hoamakeikekula. He
kino ala o Hoamakeikekula,
aohe kino maoli, kiola ia a ka
puainako e Pili, ko laua
makuahine, waiho.
was in the form of an ala (taro), 3
and not having human form was
thrown aside with a lot of sugar-
cane trash by Pili the mother.
Makapailu, the mother of Pili
who was a great fortune-teller, in
a vision saw the spirit of
Hoamakeikekula standing before
her; and on being asked: “What
does this beautiful young
woman, whom I have not seen
before, want?” Hoamakeikekula
answered: “I am your
granddaughter who has been
thrown away by your daughter
Pili. I am the younger child, next
to Waikuaala, therefore I want
you to come for me. I am in a
pile of sugar-cane trash in the
form of a taro bulb. Make haste
or I shall be devoured by dogs.”
When Makapailu heard this call
from her grandchild, she rose
and started on her journey,
weeping. When Makapailu
arrived at the pile of sugar-cane
trash, she looked it over and lo
she beheld a small rainbow in a
thick fog, which moved toward
her until it stood in her very
presence. As she kept gazing
thereon, her eyes grew dim and
Aia hoi o Makapailu he
makuahine no Pili, he ano
kilokilo hewahewa kona, ma ka
hihio, ike aku la ia i ke kino
wailua o Hoamakeikekula e ku
mai ana. Ninau aku la ia: “Heaha
kau e ka wahine ui maikai a’u i
ike ole ai mamua aku nei?” Olelo
mai o Hoamakeikekula: “Owau
no kau moopuna kaikamahine i
hoolei ia e kau kaikamahine e
Pili; ka muli hoi au o Waikuaala.
Nolaila, e kii ae oe ia’u, aia au i
ka puainako, he kino ala ko’u, e
wiki oe o pau au i ka ilio.” A lohe
o Makapailu i keia olelo a kana
moopuna, ku ae la ia a hele aku
la me ka waimaka helelei.
Hiki aku la o Makapailu i ka
puainako, wehewehe ae la i ka
ainako, ia wa ku mai la imua ona
he onohi i loko o ka ohu, a kau
pono mai la i mua ona; ia ia i
nana mau aku ai, paia ae la
kona mau maka, a nana iho la e
waiho ana he kino ano ala, lalau
iho la ia a wahi i ka pukohukohu.
after a while she closed them.
When she looked again she saw
a taro bulb; she took it up and
wrapped it in a red kapa 4 and
returned home. Upon arriving at
her home, she told her husband,
Hawaimake by name of what
she [534]had done. At the end of
twenty days the outside covering
of the package was removed
and Makapailu looked and saw
that the taro had changed and
was in the form of a very
beautiful female child, one
without a blemish and very
pleasant to look upon. The
grandparents from this time on
brought her up with great
surveillance under very strict
kapu. 5 This was maintained until
she was twenty years of age,
without the knowledge of
anybody, even her own parents.
After she grew up it was her
usual custom to go with her
attendant in the woods to string
lehua blossoms into leis, without
the knowledge of any one. On
their fourth day out in the woods
to string wreaths of lehua, they
reached a section 6 in the thick
woods, a place to them unknown
where the lehua was plentiful.
Hoi mai la ia a kona wahi, noho
iho la me kana kane o
Hawaimake ka inoa. Elua
anahulu i hala o ka waiho ana o
Hoamakeikekula [535]me ka nana
ole ia aku, a hala ia, aia hoi,
wehe ae la o Makapailu i ka
wahi o waho. Nana iho la ia i ke
kino, aole he kina i loaa, ua nani
loa, a ua maikai ke nana iho.
Nolaila, hookapu loa kona mau
kupuna ia ia, a paa mau i ka
palama. Pela kona noho ana a
hala na makahiki he iwakalua,
me ka ike ole o na mea a pau
loa, a me kona mau makua.
He mea mau ia ia ka hele me
kona kahu i ke kui lehua, ma ka
nahelehele ohia, me ka ike ole
ia. Eha la i hala ia laua o ka hele
ana i ke kui lei, hiki aku la laua
nei, i kekahi kula e aku, ua
haiamu i ka lehua; walea laua i
ka ako lehua me ka nanea, ku
ana o Elepaio, he elele na
Kalamaula, ka moo alii o
Keawewai. He wahi manu o
Elepaio, he ano kanaka no nae i
kekahi wa. Kahea ana:
While they were picking the
lehua there came Elepaio, the
messenger of Kalamaula, the
lizard king of Keawewai.
Elepaio 7 was a bird that changed
at times into a human form. It
called out:
The wi is at Waiaha, the wi is at
Waiaha.
The fish is good, the fish is good.
Hoamakeikekula said to her
companion: “Say, there is a bird
calling.” The attendant
answered: “Perhaps it is the
squeak of a tree rubbing one
against another, or it may be the
wind. Let us listen.” The bird
again sang out:
The wi is at Waiaha, the wi is at
Waiaha.
The fish is good, the fish is good.
Hoamakeikekula upon hearing
the call the second time said:
“There you see, it is a bird.” So
the two looked more closely.
While they continued watching
the bird, it changed its form and
assumed that of a human being.
There stood a young man of
I Waiaha ka wi, i Waiaha ka wi.
Ono ka ia, ono ka ia.
I aku o Hoamakeikekula: “E, he
manu hoi keia e hea nei.” I mai
ke kahu: “He wi laau paha, he
makani paha, e hoolohe kaua.”
E kani hou ana ua wahi manu
nei:
I Waiaha ka wi, i Waiaha ka wi.
Ono ka ia, ono ka ia.
I aku o Hoamakeikekula: “Aia hoi
paha la, he manu.” Huli aku la
laua e nana pono, ia laua i
hoomau aku ai i ka nana, loli ae
la ke ano o ka manu a lilo i
kanaka. Ku ana he keiki ui
opiopio, i mai la: “Aloha olua,” a
no ka ike ana mai i ka wahine
handsome appearance who
said: “My greetings to you two.”
But when he saw the beauty of
Hoamakeikekula he chanted and
interpreted the following mele:
Haili, the plain of lehua [flowers]
Where the birds twine them into
wreaths.
The oo with its sweet note
In the leafy dell of Hilo;
Like the voice of the Achatinella
Gathering the awa 8
That grows on the trees in the
forests of Puna.
Upon hearing this the attendant
said to Hoamakeikekula: “Let us
return home; the time for
stringing wreaths is ended. Your
grandparents will be worried if
we remain much longer.” As they
were about to return, Elepaio
spoke to the fog:
Ye fog that creeps in the upland,
Ye fog that creeps seaward;
Ye ugly seas, ye mad seas,
Ye kapu-breaking seas.
[536]
At this the fog came down and
maikai o Hoamakeikekula, kau
mai la kela, i ke mele me ke
kaona pu:
O Haili kula lehua,
I wili ia e ka manu,
O ka oo kani leo lea,
I ka nahele o Hilo,
O ka pololei kani kuamauna
Ke lawe la ke awa,
Kau laau o Puna.
Ia wa, olelo aku ke kahu ia
Hoamakeikekula: “E hoi kaua,
ua pau ka wa kui lehua. E inoino
mai auanei ka mano ou kupuna
ia kaua i ka loihi loa.” Ia laua i eu
mai ai e hoi, e olelo ae ana o
Elepaio i ka ohu:
E ka ohu kolo mai i uka
E ka ohu kolo mai i kai,
E kai pupuka,
E kai hehena,
E kai piliaiku.
[537]
Ia manawa uhi ka ohu, paa ka