The student of Hawaiian mythology naturally asks whether the hula pua’a concerned itself with the doings of the mythological hog-deity Kama-pua’a whose amour with Pele was the scandal of Hawaiian mythology. It takes but a superficial reading of the mele to answer this question in the affirmative. The following mele, or oli more properly, which was used in connection with the hula pua’a, is said to have been the joint production of two women, the daughters of a famous bard named Kana, who was the reputed brother of Limaloa (long-armed), a wonder-working hero who piled up the clouds in imitation of houses and mountains and who produced the mirage: _Oli_ Ko’i maka nui,[439] Ike ia na pae moku, Na moku o Mala-la-walu,[440] Ka noho a Ka-maulu-a-niho, 5 Kupuna o Kama-pua’a. [Page 229] Ike ia ka hono a Pii-lani;[441] Ku ka paóa i na mokupuni. Ua puni au ia Pele, Ka u’i noho mau i Kilauea, 10 Anau hewa i ke a o Puna. Keiki kolohe a Ku ame Hina—[442] Hina ka opua, kau i ke olewa, Ke ao pua’a[443] maalo i Haupu. Haku’i ku’u manao e hoi[444] i Kahiki; 15 Pau ole ka’u hoohihi ia Hale-ma’u-ma’u,[445] I ka pali kapu a Ka-moho-alii.[446] Kela kuahiwi a mau a ke ahi. He manao no ko’u e noho pu; Pale ’a mai e ka hilahila, 20 I ka hakukole ia mai e ke Akua wahine Pale oe, pale au, iloko o ka hilahila; A hilahila wale ia iho no e oe; Nau no ia hale i noho.[447] Ka hana ia a ke Ko’i maka nui, 25 Ike ia na pae moku. He hiapo[448] au na Olopana, He hi’i-alo na Ku-ula, Ka mea nana na haka moa; [Page 230] Noho i ka uka o Ka-liu-wa’a;[449] 30 Ku’u wa’a ia ho’i i Kahiki. Pau ia ike ana ia Hawaii, Ka aina a ke Akua i hiki mai ai, I noho malihini ai i na moku o Hawaii. Malihini oe, malihini au, 35 Ko’i maka nui, ike ia na-pae opuaa. A pepelu, a pepelu, a pepelu Ko ia la huelo! pili i ka lemu! Hu! hu! hu! hu! Ka-haku-ma’a-lani[450] kou inoa! 40 A e o mai oe, e Kane-hoa-lani. Ua noa.