of Ku
and Hula, is born "thunder, lightning, earthquake, water, floods and
rain" attend his birth. In Aukelenuiaiku, when the wife of Makalii comes
out of her house her beauty overshadows the rays of the sun, "darkness
covered the land, the red rain, fog, and fine rain followed each other,
then freshets flowed and lightning played in the heavens; after this the
form of the woman, was seen coming along over the tips of the fingers of
her servants, in all her beauty, the sun shone at her back and the
rainbow was as though it were her footstool." In the prayer to the god
Lono, quoted by Fornander, II, 352, we read:

"These are the sacred signs of the assembly;
Bursting forth is the voice of the thunder;
Striking are the rays of the lightning;
Shaking the earth is the earthquake;
Coming is the dark cloud and the rainbow;
Wildly comes the rain and the wind;
Whirlwinds sweep over the earth;
Rolling down are the rocks of the ravines;
The red mountain streams are rushing to the sea;
Here the waterspouts;
Tumbled about are the clustering clouds of heaven;
Gushing forth are the springs of the mountains."]

CHAPTER XXXIV

[Footnote 75: Kaonohiokala, Mr. Emerson tells me, is the name of one of
the evil spirits invoked by the priest in the art of _po'iuhane_ or
"soul-catching." The spirit is sent by the priest to entice the soul of
an enemy while its owner sleeps, in order that he may catch it in a
coconut gourd and crush it to death between his hands. "_Lapu lapuwale_"
is the Hawaiian rendering of Solomon's ejaculation "Vanity of
vanities!"]

[Illustration: A NATIVE GRASS HOUSE OF THE HUMBLER CLASS (HENSHAW)]

APPENDIX

HAWAIIAN STORIES

ABSTRACTS FROM THE TALES COLLECTED BY

FORNANDER AND EDITED BY THOMAS G. THRUM.

THE BISHOP MUSEUM, HONOLULU

HAWAIIAN STORIES

I. SONG of CREATION, as translated by Liliuokalani

II. CHANTS RELATING THE ORIGIN OF THE GROUP:
From the Fornander manuscript:

A. Kahakuikamoana
B. Pakui
C. Kamahualele
D. Opukahonua
E. Kukailani
F. Kualii

III. HAWAIIAN FOLKTALES, ROMANCES, OR MOOLELO:
From the Fornander manuscript:

A. Hero tales primarily of Oahu and Kauai

1. Aukelenuiaiku
2. Hinaaikamalama
3. Kaulu
4. Palila
5. Aiai
6. Puniaiki
7. Pikoiakaalala
8. Kawelo
9. Kualii
10. Opelemoemoe
11. Kalelealuaka

B. Hero tales primarily of Hawaii