[Footnote 446: _Kamoho-ali’i_. The brother of Pele; in one
metamorphosis he took the form of a shark. A high point in
the northwest quarter of the wall of Kilauea was considered
his special residence and regarded as so sacred that no smoke
or flame from the volcano ever touched it. He made his abode
chiefly in the earth’s underground caverns, through which the
sun made its nightly transit from West back to the East. He
often retained the orb of the day to warm and illumine his
abode. On one such occasion the hero Mawi descended into this
region and stole away the sun that his mother Hina might have
the benefit of its heat in drying her tapas.]
[Footnote 447: _Hale i noho_. The word _hale_, meaning house,
is frequently used metaphorically for the human body,
especially that of a woman. Pele thus acknowledges her amour
with Kama-pua’a.]
[Footnote 448: _Hiapo_. A firstborn child. Legends are at
variance with one another as to the parentage of Kama-pua’a.
According to the legend referred to previously, Kama-pua’a
was the son of Olopana’s wife Hina, his true father being
Kahiki-ula, the brother of Olopana. Olopana seems to have
treated him as his own son. After Kama-pua’a’s robbery of his
mother’s henroosts, Olopana chased the thief into the
mountains and captured him. Kama eventually turned the tables
against his benefactor and caused the death of Olopana
through the treachery of a priest in a heiau; he was offered
up on the altar as a sacrifice.]
[Footnote 449: _Ka-liu-wa’a_. The bilge of the canoe. This is
the name of a deep and narrow valley at Hauula, Koolau, Oahu,
and is well worth a visit. Kama-pua’a, hard pressed by the
host of his enemies, broke through the multitude that
encompassed him on the land side and with his followers
escaped up this narrow gorge. When the valley came to an
abrupt end before him, and he could retreat no farther, he
reared up on his hind legs and scaled the mountain wall; his
feet, as he sprang up, scored the precipice with immense
hollowed-out grooves or flutings. The Hawaiians call these
_wa’a_ from their resemblance to the hollow of a Hawaiian
canoe. This feat of the hog-god compelled recognition of
Kama-pua’a as a deity; and from that time no one entered
Ka-liu-wa’a valley without making an offering to Kama-pua’a.]
[Footnote 450: _Ka-haku-ma’a-lani._ A name evidently applied to
Kama-pua’a.]
[Translation.]
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