The Creation of the World According to Hawaiian Tradition
By Liliuokalani
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The Creation of the World According to Hawaiian Tradition - Liliuokalani
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HAWAIIAN TRADITION
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Liliuokalani
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
HE PULE HOOLAA ALII.
THE FIRST ERA, OR AGE.
THE SECOND ERA.
THE THIRD ERA.
THE FOURTH ERA.
THE FIFTH ERA.
THE SIXTH ERA.
THE SEVENTH ERA.
THE EIGHTH ERA.
THE NINTH ERA.
THE TENTH ERA.
THE ELEVENTH ERA.
THE TWELFTH ERA.
A BRANCH OF THE TWELFTH ERA.
THE FOURTEENTH ERA.
THE FIFTEENTH ERA.
THE SIXTEENTH ERA.
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD According to Hawaiian Tradition
By Liliuokalani
INTRODUCTION.
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THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR the publication of this work, the translation of which pleasantly employed me while imprisoned by the present rulers of Hawaii. It will be to my friends a souvenir of that part of my own life, and possibly it may also be of value to genealogists and scientific men of a few societies to which a copy will be forwarded. The folk-lore or traditions of an aboriginal people have of late years been considered of inestimable value; language itself changes, and there are terms and allusions herein to the natural history of Hawaii, which might be forgotten in future years without some such history as this to preserve them to posterity. Further, it is the special property of the latest ruling family of the Hawaiian Islands, being nothing less than the genealogy in remote times of the late King Kalakaua,—who had it printed in the original Hawaiian language,—and myself.
This is the very chant which was sung by Puou, the High Priest of our ancient worship, to Captain Cook whom they had surnamed Lono, one of the four chief gods, dwelling high in the heavens, but at times appearing on the earth. This was the cause of the deification of Captain Cook under that name, and of the offerings to him made at the temple or Heiau at Hikiau, Kealakekua, where this song was rendered.
Captain Cook’s appearance was regarded by our people then as a confirmation of their own traditions. For it was prophesied by priests at the time of the death of Ka-I-i-mamao that he, Lono, would return anew from the sea in a Spanish man-of-war or Auwaalalua. To the great navigator they accordingly gave a welcome with the name of Lono.
The chanters of this great poem were Hewahewa and Ahukai, and by them it was originally dedicated to Alapai, our ancestress, a woman-chief of the highest rank, then at Koko Oahu. Keeaumoku was lying on his death-bed. The Lonoikamakahiki, of whom this chant sings so eloquently in our native tongue, is none other than Kalaninuiiamamao (Ka-I-i-mamao). His name was also Lonoikamakahiki. He was thus called by his mother, Lonomaikanaka, from the very moment of his birth. It was his grandmother Keakealani who changed his name at the time he was dedicated to the gods and the sacred tabus of the Wela, Hoano, and the Moe; or, translated, Fire, Honor, and Adoration were conferred upon him at the time when his navel string was cut at the Heiau at Nueku, Kahaluu, Kona, Hawaii. The correct name of this chief was Ka-I-i-mamao, but the bards of his day named him in their chants Kalaninuiiamamao; thus he was styled in their Mele or chant called Kekoauli-kookea ka lani. The words lani nui
were simply inserted by them as it was their intention to hand the young prince’s name down to posterity in song, while to explain the object of the parents in naming him Ka-I-i-mamao it signified that when Keawe married Lonoma-I-Kanaka it was an infusion of a new royal blood with that of their own royal line of I, the father of Ahu, the grandfather of Lonomaikanaka. By this it was also intended to show that he, that is Ka-I-i-mamao, was above all other I’s, for there were many families, descendants of I, a high and powerful chief, and the last term, mamao,
means far off
and above all the rest of the I’s.
Before he was deposed by the people of Kau he was called Wakea on account of his wicked actions, and, like Wakea, he married his own daughter. By this