o his chant, the islands are fished up
from Kapaahu by Kapuheeuanui, who brings up one piece of coral after
another, and, offering sacrifices and prayers to each, throws it back
into the ocean, so creating in succession Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and the
rest of the islands of the group.

E. KUKAILANI

A powerful priest, 75 generations from Opukahonua, on the occasion of
the sacrifice in the temple of the rebel Iwikauikana by Kenaloakuaana,
king of Maui, chants the genealogies, dividing them into the time from
the migration from Kahiki to Pili, Pili to Wakea, Wakea to Waia, and
Waia to Liloa.

F. KUALII

The song of Kualii was composed about 1700 to celebrate the royal
conqueror of Oahu. It opens with an obscure allusion to the fishing up
by Maui from the hill Kauwiki, of the island of Hawaii, out of the
bottom of the sea, and the fetching of the gods Kane and Kanaloa,
Kauakahi and Maliu, to these islands.

III. HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES, ROMANCES, OR MOOLELO

A. HERO TALES PRIMARILY OF OAHU AND KAUAI

1. AUKELENUIAIKU[1]

The eleventh child of Iku and Kapapaiakea in Kuaihelani is his father's
favorite, and to him Iku wills his rank and his kingdom. The brothers
are jealous and seek to kill him. They go through the Hawaiian group to
compete in boxing and wrestling, defeat Kealohikikaupea, the strong man
of Kauai; Kaikipaananea, Kupukupukehaikalani, and Kupukupukehaiaiku,
three strong men of Oahu, and King Kakaalaneo of Maui; but are afraid
when they hear of Kepakailiula, the strong man of Hawaii, and return to
Kuaihelani.

Aukelenuiaiku has grown straight and faultless. "His skin is like the
ripe banana and his eyeballs like the blood of the banana as it first
appears." He wants to join his brothers in a wrestling match, but is
forbidden by the father, who fears their jealousy. He steals away and
shoots an arrow into their midst; it is a twisted arrow, theirs are
jointed. The brothers are angry, but when one of them strikes the lad,
his own arm is broken. The younger brother takes up each one in turn and
throws him into the sea. The brothers pretend friendship and invite him
into the house, but only to throw him into the pit Kamooinanea, where
lives the lizard grandmother who devours men. She saves her grandchild
and instructs him how to reach the queen, Namakaokahai. For the journey
she furnishes him with a box for his god, Lonoikoualii; a leaf,
_laukahi_, to satisfy his hunger; an ax and a knif