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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

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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

“O Wakea ka i noho aku ia Papa hanau elima keiki:
    O Tahiti-ku, Tahiti-moe,
    Keapapanui, Keapapalani,
    Hawaii.
    O Wakea ke kane a Papa (w)                          } o Maui.
    O Kane ke kane a Walinuu (w)                        }
    O Wakea kai noho ia Papa; hanau o Kane, o Kanaloa.”


Mahope iho o ko Papa hanau ana i keia mau keiki, hoi aku la o Papa i
Tahiti, noho wahine ole o Wakea. Nolaila, lawe ae o Wakea ia
Kaulawahine, hanau o Lanai Kaula, a mahope laweia ua o Lanai i keiki
hookama. A penei ka hoonohonoho ana o ka mookuauhau.


             KANE.               WAHINE.        KEIKI.

             O Wakea ke kane o   Kaulawahine,   o Lanai.
             O Wakea ke kane o   Hina,          o Molokai.


Alua mau keiki moku a Wakea me na wahine hou. Hoi mai o Papa mai Tahiti
mai, lohe ua lilo o Wakea ia Kaulawahine laua me Hina; a nolaila huhu o
Papa i na punalua, a huhu pu no hoi i kana kane ia Wakea. Nolaila, lawe
ae o Papa ia Lua i kane nana, loaa ka laua keiki o Oahu (Oahualua). Hoi
hou aku o Papa me kane mua me Wakea, hanau o Kamawaelualanimoku, o
Niihau, o Kaula, o Lehua. Aha mau keiki a laua ma ko laua manawa i hoi
hou ae ai. A penei hoi e heluhelu ai i ka moolelo ma ke mele i hakuia e
Pakui i hoikeia ma ka Mokuna III.


   “Haalele o Papa hoi i Tahiti,
    Hoi a Kahiki Kapakapakaua
    Moe Wakea moe ia Kaulawahine,
    Hanau Lanai a Kaula,
    He makahiapo na ia wahine.
    Hoi ae o Wakea loaa o Hina,
    Hanau Molokai he moku,
    O Molokai a Hina he keiki moku,
    Haina e ke kolea Laukaula
    Ua moe Wakea i ka wahine,
    Ena ka lani, ku kahaulili o Papa.
    Hoi mai o Papa mai loko o Tahiti;
    Inaina lili i ka punalua;
    Hai manawa ino i ke kane, o Wakea,
    Moe ia Lua he kane hou ia,
    Hanau Oahualua, he moku ia,
    He keiki makanalau na Lua.
    Hoi hou aku no noho me Wakea,
    Naku Papa i ka iloli,
    Hoohapuu Papa i ka moku o Kauai
    Hanau Kamawaelualanimoku.
    He eweewe Niihau,
    He palena o Lehua,
    He panina o Kaula.”


A penei hoi ka hoonohonoho ana o ka moolelo o ka hanau ana o Papa i na
keiki muli ia laua i hoi ae ai me Wakea. Noho hou o Wakea ia Papa, o
Kauai, Kamawaelualanimoku, Niihau, Lehua, Kaula. O keia mau keiki a
Papa, pau kana hanau moku ana. Aka hoi ma ka ike o kekahi kaula nui, he
kakaolelo, o Kamahualele kona inoa: I ka manawa i holo mai ai o Moikeha
mai Tahiti mai, mamuli o ka hoaaia i kana wahine manuahi ia Luukia, no
ko Mua olelo hoopunipuni ana ia Luukia no ka hewa i hana oleia e
Moikeha, aka ma kela lohe ana o Moikeha ua hana pono ole ia oia,
nolaila, haalele oia ia Tahiti, holo mai oia i Hawaii nei, a i ka
hookokoke ana mai o na waa e pae i Hilo, ia manawa, ku mai o
Kamahualele i luna o ka pola o na waa, a kahea mai:

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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

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