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
Ma ka nana aku i ka moolelo o Oahu me Kauai, he oiaio, me he mea la
hookahi io no makuawahine o laua, no ka mea, ma ke ano o ka leo ka like
ana.
Ma ka moolelo o Niihau, o Kaula, ame Nihoa, hookahi no o lakou mau
makua. No ka mea, o Wanalia ke kane, noho aku ia Hanalaa, he wahine ia,
hanau mai o Niihau, o Kaula, a me Nihoa, he mau mahoe pakolu lakou, ia
lakou no pa ka makuawahine, aole i hanau moku mahope mai. A penei e
heluhelu ai i ke mele a Kahakuikamoana ma ka pauku io.
“O Wanalia ke kane,
O Hanalaa ka wahine.
Hanau Niihau he aina, he moku,
Ekolu lakou keiki
I hanau i ka la kahi.
O Niihau, o Kaula, Nihoa pau mai.
Pa ka makuawahine,
Oili moku ole mai mahope.”
Ma ka nana ana i ka moolelo o keia mau aina, ua hoomaopopoia ma kela
mele a kela kakaolelo nui, kekahi o ko ke alii mau kakaolelo kaulana o
Hawaii nei. Aka aole nae e hiki ke hooiaio a hoohiki no ka pololei o ka
moolelo, no ka mea, he nui na moolelo e ae e like ana me keia, a owai
la o na mea pololei oia mau moolelo. Ma ka moolelo hoi o Wakea, ua hai
maopopoia mai kahi i puka mai ai keia mau moku, a he mau mele no e
hoomaopopo ana i ka moolelo o Wakea, no ka laha ana o keia mau moku. Ua
hakuia kekahi mele e Pakui, kekahi kakaolelo, he haku mele kaulana, ua
helu puia oia ma ka mookahuna o na kahuna nui o ka oihanakahuna.
Ma ka moolelo hoi o Opuukahonua, ua oleloia i loko oia moolelo, oia na
kupuna mua o Hawaii nei, he iwakalua-kumamaha hanauna mamua aku o
Wakea, alaila huipu mai me ko Wakea hanauna he kanahiku-kumamalima, a i
ka hui ana, he kanaiwakumamaiwa hanauna mai a Opuukahonua a hiki ia
Kamehameha, alaila e hui mai mai laila mai a hiki ia Kamehameha IV he
haneri kumamakahi hanauna.
MOKUNA III.
NO WAKEA.
Ma ka moolelo o Wakea, ua olelo nui ia, oia na kupuna mua o keia mau
aina, a ma o laua la i laha mai ai na kanaka, a o laua na kupuna alii o
keia noho ana. Ua oleloia ma ko Wakea mookuaahau laua a me kana wahine
o Papa, ua hanau mai keia mau moku mai loko mai o laua. A manao hoi o
kekahi poe kakaolelo, ua hana maoli ia me na lima o Wakea keia mau
moku. Aka o ka manao o kekahi kahuna, o Pakui kona inoa, he kakaolelo
nui no Kamehameha, kumu kakaolelo mai ka po mai, ua hanau maoliia keia
mau moku. A penei kana haku ana i ke mele, no ka loaa ana mai o keia
mau aina.
KA MELE A PAKUI.
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