Kualii

_Kualii_, the poet wishes to express the idea that all the sea belongs to the god Ku.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

His genealogical tree carries his ancestry back to Kane, and Kualii himself has the knowledge and attributes of a god.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

Hawaiian are the "Song of Creation," prepared by Liliuokalani; the "Song of Kualii," translated by both Lyons and Wise, and the prophetic song beginning _ "Haui ka lani," _ translated by Andrews and edited by Dole.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

Kualii mentions the hill thrice -- once in connection with the legend of

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

Such a series is illustrated in the genealogy embedded in the famous song to aggrandize the family of the famous chief Kualii, which carries back the chiefly line of Hawaii through 26 generations to Wakea and

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

Here the interest develops, as in the lines from _Kualii_, an added emotional element, that of climax.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

Fornander notes that, in collecting Hawaiian chants, of the _Kualii_ dating from about the seventeenth century and containing 618 lines, one copy collected on Hawaii, another on Oahu, did not vary in a single line; of the _Hauikalani_, written just before Kamehameha's time and containing 527 lines, a copy from Hawaii and one from Maui differed only in the omission of a single word.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

In the _Kualii_, once more, Ku is extolled as the tenth chief and warrior:

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

An example of this form of reference is to be found in the _Kualii_ chant.

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

_Kualii_, the translation varying only slightly from that edited by

The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915