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Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: MANANA 1 Background Research The eel whistled again so loudly that the children heard him and went away. The father remained to see if a shark would appear. A little while later he saw the dark form of a big shark swim about in the pool. So it was that ever after, a whistle was a signal of danger. This is the story of Pilimoo pool [Namau 1940, cited in Sterling and Summers 1978:16-17]. Pearl City Stone The “Pearl City Stone” myth tells of a “supernatural” rock that was located at the site of the Pearl City Mormon Church: When the church was built the stone remained undisturbed until some of the Hawaiians began to talk about it and call the attention of the visitors to this “female” rock. True, it was regarded as a sacred rock by the ancients but no one was worried about it in particular except to stare at it in curiosity and think what it must have meant to their ancestors. Then some of the “higher ups” in the church heard it. These were Hawaiians who looked upon anything that the ancients revered as detrimental to their own faith when brought in such close contact as this. They insisted that it be thrown out to the road side. Waiwaiole, a man who lived in the neighborhood and knew the legend of this rock was assigned the work of removing it to the roadside. He put it off from week to week as he hoped that his friends would forget about it, but they did not. They became more insistant until he found some one to help him to carry it out. At first he tried to lift it but it would not move until he talked to it. He told it that it was unwelcome in the church yard and it would be better for it to be by the roadside. After that, the two men had no trouble in moving it. Some years later the road was widened where the stone stood and it was blasted. Part of it is gone and a part remains to this day. Waiwaiole, the man who removed it fell sick and gradually grew worse until he was brought to the Queen’s Hospital where he died. The man who helped him also became sick with a disease that made him look bloated and dark. He became an inmate of the Mino‘aka Home until death took him. Waiwaiole’s beautiful home was burned down with fire. No one knew what caused it. His widow is still at Pearl City and expects to build a new home ere long. [Naumau 1940, cited in Sterling and Summers 1978:17] Pōhaku Anae The following story describes a famous stone in Pearl City associated with the mullet of Pearl Harbor: Archaeological Inventory Survey Plan, HHCTCP Construction Phase II, Waiawa, Mānana, Waimano, Waiau, Waimalu, Kalauao, ‘Aiea, and Hālawa Ahupua‘a, ‘Ewa District, Island of O‘ahu TMK[1] 9-7, 9-8, and 9-9 - Various Plats and Parcels 30
Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: MANANA 1 Background Research I saw the beauty and charm of the broken currents at Moanalua and also heard the tooting of the whistle at the turn of Kauwahipouli. I heard it three and four times and asked the person sitting on my left, “What place is this?” Answer – “This is Pearl City.” It was here that mullets were bred in the ancient times and that flat stone there was called Mullet Rock or Pōhaku Anae. It lies near the beach by Ewa mill. [Kuokoa, Oct. 2, 1908, cited in Sterling and Summers 1978:53] 2.1.2.3 Waiawa and Waimalu Legend of Maihea The legend of Maihea tells of a visit by the gods Kāne and Kanaloa, where the gifts of abundant natural resources and spiritual knowledge were given to the people of Waiawa and Waimalu: Maihea, a man, resided at Waimalu at a place called Punanalo. He cultivated sweet potatoes, taros and planted awa. The place where he planted the awa was on a hill in the upland of Waiawa. This is what he did up to the time when the gods [Kane and Kanaloa] came to earth. He chewed the awa, cooked young taro leaves and strained the awa into coconut shells that had been polished till they shone. With the awa in cups, the taro greens in a dish made of gourd, and sweet potatoes in a shallow calabash, he called on the gods whose names he did not know, “O unknown gods of mine, here is awa, taro greens and sweet potatoes raised by me, Maihea, the great farmer. Grant health to me, to my wife, and to my son. Grant us mana, knowledge and skill. Amama, it is freed.” The he drank the awa. He did this a long time without knowing of the gods upon whom he called. This was the result he received without others knowing because of this prayer of his to be granted mana and knowledge. The two gods sent a large fish, a whale, which came up at the sea of Waimalu, below Paakea…As Ula-a-Maihea, the son went down to the beach, he came to where the beach was covered with children and adults. Because he saw the children climb up on the fish, he did likewise, but when he got onto it, it began to move. It had waited for him for about four weeks and when the person it was sent to fetch was on it, it moved out slowly…The children cried out, “Ula-a-Maihea is taken away!” The fish and the burden it bore passed on to Kahiki. There Ula-a-Maihea was trained in priestly lore and all of its arts through the instructions of these gods, Kane and Kanaloa. [Ka Loea Kalaiaina July 1, 1899, cited in Sterling and Summers 1978:5]. The legend continues with the gods Kāne and Kanaloa revealing themselves to Maihea: “…The gods to whom you pray are ourselves and none else.” Maihea heard this, was startled at these words, but Kane continued, “We are they upon whom you call and in the future call us by name. I am Kane and this is Kanaloa. Call us by these names after this.” This was the beginning of the travels of these gods on earth and this was also the time when the boundaries of Ewa were made as I told you when I mentioned Pohaku-pili. On their return after dividing the land, they came to the top of Haupuu (that is the present site of the Kahikuonalani Church at Archaeological Inventory Survey Plan, HHCTCP Construction Phase II, Waiawa, Mānana, Waimano, Waiau, Waimalu, Kalauao, ‘Aiea, and Hālawa Ahupua‘a, ‘Ewa District, Island of O‘ahu TMK[1] 9-7, 9-8, and 9-9 - Various Plats and Parcels 31
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