e; her own tail, in
which lies the strength of her body; and her feather skirt and _kahili_,
by shaking which he can reduce his enemies to ashes.

When his brothers see him return safe from the pit they determine to
flee to foreign lands. They make one more attempt to kill him by
shutting him into a water hole, but one soft-hearted brother lets him
out. The hero then persuades the brothers to let him accompany them. On
the way he feeds them with "food and meat" from his club, Kaiwakaapu.
They sail eight months, touch at Holaniku, where they get _awa_, sugar
cane, bananas, and coconuts, and arrive in four months more at
Lalakeenuiakane, the land of Queen Namakaokahai. The queen is guarded by
four brothers in bird form, Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua and Kahaumana,
by two maid servants in animal form, and by a dog, Moela. The whole
party is reduced to ashes at the shaking of the queen's skirt, except
the hero, who escapes and by his good looks and quick wit wins the
friendship of the queen's maids and her brothers. When he approaches the
queen he must encounter certain tests. The dog he turns into ashes; to
befriend him the maids run away and the bird brothers transform
themselves into a rock, a log, a coral rock, and a hard blue rock, in
order to hide themselves. He escapes poisoned food set before him. Then
he worships each one by name, and they are astounded at his knowledge.
The queen therefore takes him as her husband. She is part human, part
divine; the moon is her grandfather, the thunder-and-lightning-bolt is
her uncle. Aukelanuiaiku must know her taboos, eat where she bids him,
not come to her unless she leads him in.

The bird Halulu with feathers on her forehead, called Hinawaikolii, who
is the queen's cousin, carries the hero away to her nest in the cliff,
but he kills her with his ax, and her mate, Kiwaha, lets him down on a
rainbow.

The two live happily. Their first child is to be called
Kauwilanuimakehaikalani, "the lightning seen in a rainstorm," and for
him sugar cane, potato, banana and taro are tabooed. The queen can
return to life if cut to pieces; can turn herself into a cliff, a
roaring fire, and a great ocean; and has the power of flight. All her
tricks the queen and her brothers teach to the hero. Then she sends him
with her brothers to meet her relatives. He goes ahead of his guides,
encounters Kuwahailo, who sends against him two bolts of fire, Kukuena
and Mahuia, and two thunder rocks, Ikuwa and