Pele and Hiiaka; a myth from Hawaii . ing heavenly ones) ; the notions thatprevail as to its precise meaning- in this place are vague. (c) Kupukupu, a benevolent deity who healed diseases and who causedvegetation to flourish. (d) UU. In this connection the word means black. Ilio is a cloud,(c) Mea, yellow. Ilio mea, a yellow cloud. (f) Ku-ke-ao-iki, a form of the god Ku, a small cloud—^hand-size— thatgrew and grew until it became ominous and seemed to fill the heavens. (g) Ku-ke-ao-loa, a cloud-omen grown to full size, ih) Ku-ke-ao-poko, said to be a cloud that quickly dissolved itself inrain.
Pele and Hiiaka; a myth from Hawaii . ing heavenly ones) ; the notions thatprevail as to its precise meaning- in this place are vague. (c) Kupukupu, a benevolent deity who healed diseases and who causedvegetation to flourish. (d) UU. In this connection the word means black. Ilio is a cloud,(c) Mea, yellow. Ilio mea, a yellow cloud. (f) Ku-ke-ao-iki, a form of the god Ku, a small cloud—^hand-size— thatgrew and grew until it became ominous and seemed to fill the heavens. (g) Ku-ke-ao-loa, a cloud-omen grown to full size, ih) Ku-ke-ao-poko, said to be a cloud that quickly dissolved itself inrain. (i) Ku-ke-ao-apihapiha, a sky full of small clouds, probably the sameas our mackerel sky. All these different kinds of clouds are forms inwhich Ku showed himself. ij) Kanaka o ka mauna. This undoubtedly means Ku-pulupulu, a godof the canoe-makers. He seems to have had much influence over the lawlessKini Akua. He it was who contracted for the building of a canoe for thehero Laka. (fc) Uhu laau, another form of ulu; a shady THE CLIFFS OF KALALAU Pele and Hiiaka—^A Myth 145 E ku ai, e hina(/) ka omaka.(m) e pule. Ua kana:(n) kahe ka wai,() Moku i ka piko,(^) e. 0 imi, imi, o nalowale, i loaa e —Loaa kau hala, uku i ka ke aloha i kono, haele maua; 1 ike aku au i ka uwe ana iho, kapu, eli-eli noa. Ua noa-a! TRANSLATION Attend, o Uli: a prayer this for life,Poured forth in the house of the it touch the hearts of the shining band,The princes who rule in the heavenly is this healer named Kupukupu?His are the soot-black swine, the yellow dog;The tiny cloud-bud and the cloud full-blown;The cloud quick with rain, and the skyThat is mottled and checkered with clouds;The tall Man, the Lord of the Mountain;His fellows who rest in the tree-shade —Bent-kneed, they pray in their it: heres flowing bowl, the God; stay not till you find at fault, an offering this for your twain of us came
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