Note 25 — Chapter XXV · HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE
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Haina-kolo, the same as Ha’i-wahine, the name used in the Hawaiian text. Ha’ina-kolo is a name that spells tragedy. She was a princess of Hawaii who married a mythical being, Ke-anini-ula-o-ka-lani and went with him to his home in the South. Being deserted by her husband, after the birth of her child she started to swim home to Hawaii. Arriving in a famished condition in Kohala, she ate of some ulei berries without first making an offering to the gods. For this offense she was afflicted with insanity, and being distraught, she wandered in the wilderness until her repentant husband sent for her and restored her by his returning love. ↑