The Kumulipo, (Liliuokalanai tr.): The Fifteenth Era

THE FIFTEENTH ERA.

Haumea, she of Nuumea that stood in loose ground
Of Mehani Nuu's thick sward at Kuaihealani at Paliuli,
As the deep darkness is the greatness of her rank,
The sacred lonely heavens from Kamahaikaua,
From Kamehaikaua, god of Kauakahi,
Who cut the sacred step, and cut the heavenly Haiuli,
Felt bitterness in his breast, anger and jealousy of his rival,
Landed on the island of Lua, of Ahu a Lua, and stayed at Wawau.
This female god, wife of Makea,
Was Haumea the great and fearless one.
A strange woman was Haumea in her life,
For she married her grandchildren,
And married her children;
Married her son Kaukahi, whose wife was Kuaimehani;