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
At the end of the remarks of the lizard to Aukelenuiaiku, she made a
box to hold the god of Aukelenuiaiku. After the box was built she put
the god into it, who was Lonoikoualii, [71] and said to Aukelenuiaiku:
“With this god you will conquer and become possessed of the land that I
have just described. Here is your food and meat; it is a laukahi. This
leaf is wholesome; as soon as you touch it to your lips your hunger is
satisfied; and when satisfied you can go without eating for a period of
four months.” The grandmother then took up an axe and a knife and put
them into the box. The lizard next cut off its tail and gave it to the
grandson, saying: “This is my real body, which you must take with you.
Here are also my pau of feathers and my feather kahili which shall act
as your preserver when you meet your cousin. With these things in your
possession—that is, by wearing the pau and holding this kahili you will
cause your enemies to fall and turn into ashes.” The lizard then
explained the uses of all the different things to her grandson, and she
also taught him how to preserve these things of magic; but she did not
tell him the name of the cousin. She was Namakaokahai.
When Aukelenuiaiku disappeared their father showed great grief for him
and he mourned for his son for many days. Because of his great grief he
refused to take food. After suffering for days he expressed a wish to
die. But the mother of Aukelenuiaiku did not think that her son was
dead, and she refused to listen to her husband, to fast and to mourn
for their son. She was certain that Aukelenuiaiku was not dead, and
that her lizard mother, Kamooinanea, had not devoured him. In
discussing with her husband as to the prospects of their son being
eaten up by the lizard she said: “If she has eaten him, who is my own
issue, then she should have eaten me up first, and after that, my son.
I tell you now that Aukelenuiaiku is there down below being educated by
his grandmother in all things, and he is not dead. He will yet return
to us here above.” These words of the wife all came true.
CHAPTER III.
THE RETURN OF AUKELENUIAIKU AND THE BENEFITS RECEIVED BY HIM IN FACING
DEATH.
After all the various things had been mastered by Aukelenuiaiku he then
climbed onto the back of the lizard and was lifted up out of the pit;
and the lizard again disappeared down the pit. Aukelenuiaiku then took
up the box that contained his god together with his club and carried
them as he returned to the house. When Aukelenuiaiku reached the house
his father and all the chiefs wept for joy.
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