lub, Koholalele, takes 700 men to carry;
Kumunuiaiake, whose spear of _mamane_ wood from Kawaihae can be thrown
farther than one _ahupuaa_; and Puupuukaamai, whose spear of hard
_koaie_ wood can kill 1,200 at a stroke. The jaw bones of these heroes
he hangs on the tree Kahakaauhae. Kulukulua is made ruler; finally
Palila becomes king of Hilo.
5. AIAI
Kuula and Hina live at Molopa, Nuuanu. They possess a pearl fish hook
called Kanoi, guarded by the bird Kamanuwai, who lives upon the _aku_
fish caught by the magic hook. When Kipapalaulu, king of Honolulu,
steals the hook, the bird sleeps from hunger, hence the name of the
locality. Kaumakapili, "perching with closed eyes." Hina bears an
abortive child which she throws into the water. It drifts to a rock
below the Hoolilimanu bridge and floats there. This child is Aiai. The
king's daughter discovers it, brings up the child, and when he becomes a
handsome youth, she marries him. One day she craves the _aku_ fish. Her
husband, Aiai, persuades her to beg the stolen hook of her father. Thus
he secures the hook and returns it to its bird guardian.[1]
[Footnote 1: Compare the fishhook Pahuhu in _Nihoalaki_; the _leho_
shells in _Iwa_, and the pearl fishhook of Kona in _Kaulanapokii_. In
Thrum's story from Moke Manu (p. 230) Aiai is the son of the fish god,
Kuula, and, like his father, acts as a culture hero who locates the
fishing grounds and teaches the art of making fish nets for various
kinds of fishes. The hero of this story is Aiai's son, Puniaiki.]
6. PUNIAIKI
The handsome son of Kuupia and of Halekou of Kaneohe, Oahu, who nurses
Uhumakaikai, the parent of all the fishes, is furnished with whatever
fish he wants. He marries Kaalaea, a handsome and well-behaved woman of
the district, who brings him no dowry, but to whom he and his father
make gifts according to custom. With his mother's permission he goes to
live in her home, but the aunt insults him because he does nothing but
sleep. The family offer to kill her, but he broods over his wrong,
leaves for Kauai, and, on a wager, bids his mother use her influence to
send the fish thither. They come just in time to save his life and to
win for him the island of Kauai. But his pet fish laments his
unfaithfulness to his home, he takes it up and kisses it and returns to
Oahu.
7. PIKOIAKAALALA
Raven is the father, Koukou the mother, Hat and Bat the sisters, and
Pikoiakaalala the brother of
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