Note 30 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
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Kamae, withered; ku, to rise, to float off as miasma; maea, a bad odor, unpleasant smell; lani, towards heaven; or perhaps lani is to be taken here for an intensive, i.e., a very bad smell. This must be from the dead bodies of the fallen, as there could be no vegetable miasma on the mountains blown over by the winds. ↑