extensive country." ... "Nuu left the vessel in the evening of the day
and took with him a pig, cocoanuts, and _awa_ as an offering to the
god Kane. As he looked up he saw the moon in the sky. He thought it
was the god, saying to himself, 'You are Kane, no doubt, though you
have transformed yourself to my sight.' So he worshipped the moon,
and offered his offerings. Then Kane descended on the rainbow and
spoke reprovingly to Nuu, but on account of the mistake Nuu escaped
punishment, having asked pardon of Kane." ... "Nuu's three sons were
Nalu-akea, Nalu-hoo-hua, and Nalu-mana-mana. In the tenth generation
from Nuu arose Lua-nuu, or the second Nuu, known also in the legend
as Kane-hoa-lani, Kupule, and other names. The legend adds that by
command of his god he was the first to introduce circumcision to be
practised among his descendants. He left his native home and moved a
long way off until he reached a land called Honua-ilalo, 'the southern
country.' Hence he got the name Lalo-kona, and his wife was called
Honua-po-ilalo. He was the father of Ku-nawao by his slave-woman Ahu
(O-ahu) and of Kalani-menehune by his wife, Mee-hewa. Another says
that the god Kane ordered Lua-nuu to go up on a mountain and perform
a sacrifice there. Lua-nuu looked among the mountains of Kahiki-ku,
but none of them appeared suitable for the purpose. Then Lua-nuu
inquired of God where he might find a proper place. God replied to
him: 'Go travel to the eastward, and where you find a sharp-peaked
hill projecting precipitously into the ocean, that is the hill for
the sacrifice.' Then Lua-nuu and his son, Kupulu-pulu-a-Nuu, and his
servant, Pili-lua-nuu, started off in their boat to the eastward. In
remembrance of this event the Hawaiians called the back of Kualoa
_Koo-lau_; Oahu (after one of Lua-nuu's names), _Kane-hoa-lani_;
and the smaller hills in front of it were named _Kupu-pulu_ and
_Pili-lua-nuu_. Lua-nuu is the tenth descendant from Nuu by both the
oldest and the youngest of Nuu's sons. This oldest son is represented