Note 8 — Chapter XXIII · THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
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Kou pua’a kanu. Pua’a-kanu is the name of a place in Puna, said to be the spot where Pele had her sexual encounter with Kama-pua’a, the swine-god. I look upon it as meaning the encounter itself. ↑