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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 14 — CONTENTS. (continued 2)

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Another thing: The soul also lives on a dry plain after the death of the body; and such places are called ka leina a ka uhane (the casting-off place of the soul). This name applies to wherever in Hawaii nei people lived. Following are the places where the souls live: For the people of Niihau, Kapapakiikii, and a second one is at Mauloku, Lehua; for the Kauai people, at Hanapepe; for the Oahu people at Kaimalolo; for the Molokai people, at the boundary of Koolau and Kona, at the district of Wainene; for the Lanai people, at Hokunui; for the Maui people, there are two places, at Kekaa and the plains of Kamaomao; and for the Hawaii people, there are three places, at Hilo, at Waipio, and at Palilua. All these places are known as the casting-off places of souls.14 Should a soul get to any of these places it will be impossible for it to come back again.

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