Note (return) — III.—THE GODS OF THE HULA.
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Kapo was sister of Pele and the daughter of Haumea. 29 Among other roles played by her, like Laka she was at times a sylvan deity, and it was in the garb of woodland representations that she was worshiped by hula folk. Her forms of activity, corresponding to her different metamorphoses, were numerous, in one of which she was at times “employed by the kahuna 30 as a messenger in their black arts, and she is claimed by many as an aumakua,” 31 said to be the sister of Kalai-pahoa, the poison god.