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

Note 16 — He Kanikau no Pe’ape’a.

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The bereaved one here presents the idea that at death the spirit changes to many forms; of human, animal, bird or other form, and as such becomes a new deity, not only of Koolau adjoining Hana, land of his exploits, but the mythical land of Hakipalunuau (lines 50 and 54). ↑

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