Note 45 — PREFACE. (continued 7)

It is notable that several features in the game of konane identify it with Lonoikamakahiki and his wife Kaikilani, to keep fresh the tradition of their quarrel during a konane contest. For instance: Kaikilani’s name occurs twice in the names of pebbles and moves; the names and moves of the third pebble are those of Lono’s royal insignia on his tour of the islands, and the game chant is the same as sung by Kaikilani to divert her husband’s attention from the chant of her lover on the cliff above them. A number of other celebrities are immortalized in like manner, viz: Kamooinanea, the lizard grandmother of Aukelenuiaiku; Panaewa, the evil god who essayed to thwart Hiiaka and companion in carrying out Pele’s mission, and Hua, the king whose wicked deeds brought famine on the land so that “his bones bleached in the sun.” ↑