Welehu, all of which he
wards off like a puff of wind. Next they meet Makalii and his wife, the
beautiful Malanaikuaheahea.

The next adventure is after the water of life with which to restore the
brothers to life. The first trip is unsuccessful. Instead of flying in a
straight line between the sky (_lewa_) and space (_nenelu_--literally,
mud) the hero falls into space and is obliged to cling to the moon for
support. Meanwhile his wife thinks him dead and has summoned Night, Day,
Sun, Stars, Thunder, Rainbow, Lightning, Water-spout, Fog, Fine rain,
etc., to mourn for him. Then, through her supernatural knowledge she
hears him declare to the moon, her grandfather, Kaukihikamalama, his
birth and ancestry, and learns for the first time that they are related.
On the next trip he reaches a deep pit, at the bottom of which is the
well of everlasting life, the property of Kamohoalii. It is guarded by
two maternal uncles of the hero, Kanenaiau and Hawewe and a maternal
aunt, Luahinekaikapu, the sister of the lizard grandmother, who is
blind. The hero steals the bananas she is roasting, dodges her anger,
and restores her sight. She paints up his hands to look like
Kamohoalii's and the guards at the well hand him the gourd Huawaiakaula
with its string network called Paleaikaahalanalana. The rustling of the
_lama_ trees, the _loulou_ palms and the bamboo, as Aukelenuiaiku
retreats, wakens Kamohoalii, who pursues; but with a start of one year
and six months, the hero can not be overtaken.

The brothers are restored to life and the hero hands over to them his
wife and kingdom and lives humbly. When he woos Pele and Hiiaka, his
wife drives them over seas until they come to Maunaloa, Hawaii. Then the
brothers leave for Kuaihelani, and Aukelenuiaiku desires also to see his
native land again. There he finds the lizard grandmother overgrown with
coral and his parents gone to Kauai.

[Footnote 1: Compare Westervelt's Gods and Ghosts, p. 66.]

2. HINAAIKAMALAMA

Kaiuli and Kaikea are gods who change into _Paoo_ fish and live in the
bottom of the sea in Kahikihonuakele. They have two children, the girl
Hinaluaikoa and the boy Kukeapua. These two have 10 children,
Hinaakeahi, Hinaaimalama, Hinapaleaoana, Hinaluaimoa, all girls, Iheihe,
a boy, Moahelehaku, Kiimaluhaku, and Kanikaea, girls, and the boys
Kipapalaula and Luaehu. As Hinaaikamalama is the most beautiful she is
placed under strict taboo under guard of her brother Kipap