Note 9 — Chapter XXIV · HIIAKA LEARNS OF THE DEATH OF LOHIAU

Ka-halau-a-ola, literally, the hall of health. The more commonly used appellation Mauli-ola, was both the name of a deity and of a mystical place. One may infer from their use that Halau-a-ola meant rather a sort of house-of-refuge, a place of security from the attack of an enemy, while Mauli-ola had in view a mystical, beatific, condition. The former is illustrated in the line describing Kama-pua’a’s escape from Pele’s onslaught: