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

Note 356 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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Na manu ala kahiko, the owls hovered around in the evening to catch mice. Hawaiians made a low shelter under which one would crawl and make a noise like a mouse, the owls would pounce upon the place and be caught; i koe, i.e., the remnant of Keoua’s soldiers. ↑

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