Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-09-24

With the Hnwaiinns, knnaloa is the porsoni-
fed spirit OF evil, tho origin OF DEATH tho
prince of Pc, or chaos, and yet n revoltod,
disobcdiont spirit who was conquered and
punished by Kane" "Tho intro.
duction and worship of kanaloa MS ono of
tho great gods in the Hawaiian group. can
only be traced back 20 the time of tho i'm.
migration from tho southern groups somo
eight hundred years ago In the more
ancient chant he is never mentioned III
conjunction with Kane, ku and Lono,
and even in later Hawaiian mythology
he never took precedence of Kane.-p. SO,
81, IS. 1.-THE Hawaiian legend states that
the oldest son of kWpluhoi,Ud tho first
man, was called Ldkd, and that the next
son was called ihu; and that Ldkd was n
bad man he killed his brother dhU."-p. |
50. "There are these different Hawaiian /
gouenlogies, going back with more or less |
agreement among themselves TO the first |
created man. Tho gouoalogy of kWmu-
hOnnd, gives thirteen generations inclusive |
TO Nuu, or kdhiRdii, or tho line of Lara, |
the oldest son of kmutoHud. The line |
of Seth from Adam to Noah counts ten |
generations. The second genealogy call
| ed that of kuDiu-Wi, was of greatest
authority among the highest chiefs down
to the latest times, and it was tabu to
teach il to common people. This gene
alogy counts fourteen generations from
| Huti-honttd, the first man to Nuu, or
.Ndnd-Ruu, but inclusive on the line of
Ldka. The third gencalogy, which, prop.
erly speaking, is that of Pddo, the high
priest who camo with PHi from Tahiti,
nbont twenty-five generations ngo and
was reformor of the Hawaiian priest
hood and among whose descendants it has
been preserved, counts only twelve gener-
atious from K,onuhonua to N,m, on the
line of Kdpiti, youngest son of kumu-
honud."-p. Sc, 81. "In the Hawaiian
group there are several legends of the
Flood. One legend relates that in the
time of Nuu or Ndnd-Huu (also pronounce
ed iand, that is, hoating') the Flood,
kaiakdhindtii, came upon the earth, and
destroyed all living beings; that Nmu, by
command of his god, built large vessel
with house on top of it, which was called
and is referred to in the chants as He-~dd-
hdiau-Aiii-o-kd-M oku," "tho royal ves-
sci in which he and his family, consisting
of his wife Lii-noe, his three sons, and
their wives were saved. When the Flood
subsidized, Kane, HI and LoRo entered the
Wdd-hdiau-of- NuW and told him to go out.
He did so. and found himself on the top Of
Mama ked (the highest mountain on the
island of Hawai) He called n cave there
after the name of his wife, and the cave
remains there to this day as the legend
says iu testimony of the fact Other ver-
, sons of tho legend say that Nnu landed
and dwelt in kdhiki-honud-kete, q large
and extensive coun,ry."-p. 81. "Nuu
left the vessel in the evening of the day
=, and took with him pig, cocoanuts and
. d,ca as an offering to the god hdne AS
he looked up he saw the moon in the sky.
He thought that that was the god, saying
to himself "You are Kane, no doubt
Z though you have transformed yourself tc
, my sight" So ho worshpped the moon
!" and offered his offerings. Then Kan,
, descended on the rainbow and spoke
: reprovingly to Nuu, but on account of tn,
= = mistake Nuu escaped punishment, having
= e asked pardon Of Kane. "--p. AZ. "Nuu'
u three sons were Ndiu-aks,,, 'Nala-hooit,td
), and Ndi,t-nlundntdRa. In the tonth gen
y, Grafton from NHu, arose one Lud-nuu, o
u the second N,tu, known also in the legen,
II as Kdne-hoa-toni, ku-pute, and othe
:, names. The legend adds that by com
u mand of his god no was the first to intro
10 duce circumcision to be practiced amouy
10 all his descendants. He left his nntiv
~ home, and moved long way off until h
IN reached land called Honud- ildiO, g tn
Oh southern country" Hence he got tn
'e name Ldlo-kona, and his wife was calle
W nua-pO-itaio. He was the father {
IA ku-ndudO by his slnve.woman All,
90 Oahu and of Neutrality-suspicious. by b
" wife Mee-hewa. Another says that til
TO- god Kane ordered Lua-nuu to go up on
u mountain and perform sacrifice Their
~ Lud-nuu looked among the mountains
no kdhiki-ku, but none of them appeare
'e' suitable for tho purpose. Then Luo-Ru
lie inquired of God where he might find
nc proper place. God replied to him, "G
oi travel thou to the eastward, and whe
" you find a sharp, peaked hill projectin
u, precipitously into the ocean, that is the hi
" for the sacrifice" Then Lua-nuu and
II son Kupulu-pulu-o-Nu and his serval
''o Fti-tud-Nuu, started off in their boat
~ the eastward. In remembrance of til
,no event the Hawaiians called tho mounta
.u- back of Kualoa, Koolau, Oahu, after OF
'or of Lud-nufs names, Kdne-hoa-idai. AT
'eo the smaller hills in from. of it were nam,
me Kupuu-puiu and Pai-iud-nuu. Lua-n,
''s is the tenth descendant from Nan by DO
,n' the oldest and the youngest of Nut's son
lu- This oldest son is represented to have be,
'"h the progenitor Of the Kanahd-maoii, q
en' people living on tho mainland of Kdne,.
~, neutrality-suspicious.; the youngest W
'o.' tho progenitor of the white people-k
NIL poe-keokeo-maoti. This L,ia-nuu, III
Abraham, the tenth from Noah, also Ii
'u' Abraham through his grandson Kinda
me d-n,ano, became the ancestor of tho twel
.so children of the latter, aud the origin
U.S. founder Of the Ma,ehune people, fro
IKE whom this Legend makes the Polynesi
the family descend. "-p. 90.
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