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

Note 312 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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Na ea kapu, ea, a field, a large tract of bananas sacred to Niheu, a man of ancient times famous for his fighting qualities, he was a small man but very powerful, a younger brother of Kana. Ku awili, they stand bent over, awili, the stem as it bends over and forms an arch; ka okai, the bananas as they hang on the stem one row under another. ↑

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