Note 5 — Chapter X · HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH PANA-EWA

Ilio-uli, literally, a dog of dark blue-black color. The primitive Aryans, according to Max Müller, poetically applied the term “sheep” to the fleecy white clouds that float in the sky. The Hawaiian poet, in the lack of a nobler animal, spoke of the clouds as ilio, dogs. With this homely term, however, he coupled—by way of distinction—some ennobling adjective. ↑