Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources — John Shaqi
Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Social life and customs; Hawaiian language -- Texts; Legends -- Hawaii
These lines seem to explain how these islands were sprung from Wakea
and Papa, according to the knowledge or belief held by Pakui, the
composer of these songs. He was a priest and a historian belonging to
the board of historians and genealogist of the order of the priesthood.
But in looking at Chapter I of this story the ideas of the historian
are very similar in regard to the birth or appearance of these islands.
Also in the song composed by Pakui in his capacity as a prophet and
historian, as seen in this chapter, but it will be well to note the
setting of the genealogy from the time of Wakea, as shown in the
following chapter.
CHAPTER IV.
THE SETTING OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE ISLANDS OF HAWAII NEI FROM THE TIME
OF WAKEA.
In this chapter it seems it was the heavens that was first created and
the earth afterwards, and thus read the lines of the song composed by
Pakui in Chapter III:
“Wakea was the old one of Luamea, and Papa giving birth to islands
was the wife.
Tahiti-ku of the rising sun and Tahiti-moe of the setting sun was
born,
The foundation stones were born
And also the stones of heaven.” [45]
Therefore these were the first products of the union of Wakea and Papa;
Hawaii was born afterwards, as told here below:
“Wakea lived with Papa and five children were born to them:
First, Tahiti-ku (standing or rising Tahiti);
Second, Tahiti-moe (setting or lying down Tahiti);
Third, the foundation stones;
Fourth, the stones of heaven;
Fifth, Hawaii.
Wakea was the husband, Papa the wife, } of Maui.
Kane was the husband, Walinuu the wife, }
Wakea lived with Papa; offsprings were Kane and Kanaloa.”
After the birth of these different children Papa went back to Tahiti
and Wakea lived wifeless. Therefore Wakea took unto himself Kaulawahine
who as a result gave birth to Lanai Kaula. Lanai was afterwards
adopted. And thus runs the genealogy:
HUSBAND. WIFE. CHILD.
Wakea the husband of Kaulawahine, Lanai was the child.
Wakea the husband of Hina, Molokai was the child.
Thus Wakea had two island children with his new wives. On Papa’s return
from Tahiti she heard of Wakea’s escapades with the new wives and got
jealous of them and was also angry at her husband, Wakea. Therefore
Papa took Lua for a husband and they had for a child Oahu, known as
Oahualua. Papa went back to her first husband Wakea, and gave birth to
Kamawaelualanimoku, Niihau, Kaula, and also Lehua. They had four
children after their reconciliation, and the genealogy reads as
follows, according to Pakui’s chant, Chapter III:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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