Note 2 — Chapter XXV · HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE
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Mai-u’u, Ma-a’a, two goddesses (of the wilderness) whose function it was to string or twine leis and wreaths for the decoration of the superior gods. All the gods here mentioned were sometimes grouped under the appellation Akua o ka wa po—gods of the night-time—the fact being, however, that they worked as much by day as by night. ↑