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

Note 66 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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Kau i ka puaneane, puaneane is here put for very long life. As the saying: “Let the king live forever.” Note the figurative description of those lands ended at l. 54. The poet now speaks of Kamehameha and the subjection of Hilo. ↑

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