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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. In th
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