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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 78 — Introductory material (continued 6)

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Keep on with the battle until one of us is on the altar, as an eminent authority puts it, the meaning of which is virtually, to fight on till death, when will be seen who is the bravest. Nananuu, or lananuu, was the tall scaffold structure in the temple wherein the sacrifice was placed, and in front of which stood the idols and the lele, or altar. ↑

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