1. Wahanui
2. Kamapuaa
3. Kana
4. Kapunohu
5. Kepakailiula
6. Kaipalaoa
7. Moikeha
8. Kila
9. Umi
10. Kihapiilani (of Maui)
11. Pakaa and Kuapakaa
12. Kalaepuni
13. Kalaehina
14. Lonoikamakahiki
15. Keaweikekahialii (an incident)
16. Kekuhaupio (an incident)
C. Love stories
1. Halemano
2. Uweuwelekehau
3. Laukiamanuikahiki
4. Hoamakeikekula
5. Kapunokaoheloai
D. Ghost stories and tales of men brought to life
1. Oahu stories
Kahalaopuna
Kalanimanuia
Pumaia
Nihoalaki
2. Maui stories
Eleio
Pamano
3. Hawaii stories
Kaulanapokii
Pupuhuluena
Hiku and Kawelu
E. Trickster stories
1. Thefts
Iwa
Maniniholokuaua
Pupualenalena
2. Contests with spirits
Kaululaau (see Eleio)
Lepe
Hanaaumoe
Punia
Wakaina
3. Stories of modern cunning
Kulepe
Kawaunuiaola
Maiauhaalenalenaupena
Waawaaikinaaupo and Waawaaikinaanao
Kuauamoa
I. SONG OF CREATION (HEKUMULIPO)
The "account of the creation of the world according to Hawaiian
tradition" is said to celebrate Lonoikamakahiki, also called Kaiimamao,
who was the father of Kalaniopuu, king of Hawaii at the time of Cook's
visit. The song was "composed by Keaulumoku in 1700" and handed down by
the chanters of the royal line since that day. It was translated by
"Liliuokalani of Hawaii" in 1895-1897, and published in Boston, 1897.
From the Sea-bottom (?) (the male) and Darkness (the female) are born
the coral insect, the starfish, sea urchin, and the shellfish. Next
seaweed and grasses are born. Meanwhile land has arisen, and in the next
era fishes of the sea and plants of the forest appear. Next are born the
generations of insects and birds; after these the reptiles--all the
"rolling, clinging" creatures. In the fifth era is born a creature half
pig, half man; the races of men also appear (?). In the sixth come the
rats; in the seventh, dogs and bats; in the eighth is born the woman
Lailai (calmness), the man Kii, and the gods Kane and "the great
octopus" Kanaloa. Lailai flies to heaven, rests upon "the boughs of the
_aoa_ tree in Nuumealani," and bears the earth. She weds Kii and begets
a generation of gods and demigods.
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