. Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia . you two dig on that side to the foot of the pali, (preci-pice) and I will go down at Kaha-luu. If you twodig through first, you m<ay kill me. If I get throughfirst I will kill you. They agreed, and began to digand throw up the dirt. Then Maui dug three timesand tossed up some of the hills of that place. Kaneand Kanaloa saw that Maui was digging very fast, sothey put forth very great strength and threw the dirtinto a hill. Meanwhile Maui ran away to the otherside of the island. Thus by the aid of the gods the hillMa-eli-eli was thrown up
. Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia . you two dig on that side to the foot of the pali, (preci-pice) and I will go down at Kaha-luu. If you twodig through first, you m<ay kill me. If I get throughfirst I will kill you. They agreed, and began to digand throw up the dirt. Then Maui dug three timesand tossed up some of the hills of that place. Kaneand Kanaloa saw that Maui was digging very fast, sothey put forth very great strength and threw the dirtinto a hill. Meanwhile Maui ran away to the otherside of the island. Thus by the aid of the gods the hillMa-eli-eli was thrown up and received its name eli,meaning dig. Ma-eli-eli meant the place of dig-ging. HOW THEY FOUND FIRE. It was said that Maui and Hina had no fire. Theywere often cold and had no cooked food. Maui sawflames rising in a distant place and ran to see howthey were made. When he came to that place thefire was out and some birds flew away. One of themwas Ka-Alae-huapi, the stingy Alae—a small duck,the Hawaiian mud hen. Maui watched again and saw 120. Bay of Waipio Valley. fire. When he went up the birds saw him coming andscattered the fire, carrying the ashes into the water;but he leaped and caught the little Alae. Ah! hesaid, I will kill you, because you do not let me havefire. The bird replied, If you kill me you cannotfind fire. Maui said, Where is fire? The Alae said,Go up on the high land where beautiful plants withlarge leaves are standing; rub their branches. Mauiset the bird free and went inland from Halawa andfound dry land taro. He began to rub the stalks, butonly juice came out like water. He had no red w^as very angry and said, If that lying Alae iscaught again by mie I will be its death. After a while he saw the fire burning and ranswiftly. The birds saw him and cried, The cookingis over. Here comes the swift grandchild of scattered the fire; threw the ashes away andflew into the water. But again Maui caught the Alaeand began to kill it, saying: You gave
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