Note 43 — Introductory material (continued 2)

Another thing that Umi-a-Liloa was famous for was his battle with the gods. The cause of this battle was in this way: His royal consort, Piikea, had supernatural grandmothers,43 who were Hapuu and Kalaihauola, and who desired to have a grandchild that they might take it to Oahu to bring up, because the mother of Piikea, Laieloheloheikawai, belonged to Oahu. It was Laieloheloheikawai who sent the supernatural grandmothers to Hawaii to obtain one of Piikea’s children. When they arrived in Hawaii Umi-a-Liloa refused to permit a child to be taken to Oahu to her (Piikea’s) mother. He had already made a vow that none of his children with Piikea would be given to any one, and on that account the supernatural personages murdered people during the night, for in the morning the dead people were found. This continued every night, the people dying without cause. Umi-a-Liloa was therefore astonished at the way the men were killed without any knowledge of the murderers.