Ua haʻalele nā kaikuaʻana iā Kuaihelani.  Hele pū ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū me lākou a ʻoiai lākou e huakaʻi ana, ʻaʻole lākou i make pōlolei i ka lau hoʻolako ʻai. Iā lākou i hōʻea ai i ka ʻāina o Namakaokahaʻi, kūkala kaua nā kaikuaʻana a hōʻā ʻia lākou a hiki i lehu.  Hoʻōla ʻia ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū ma muli o kona ʻau ʻana i kahakai.  Ua lilo ʻo ia i hoaloha o nā kauā (ka ʻiole a me ka moʻo) āna i launa pū ai a koikoi nō ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū i nā kaikunāne manu he ʻehā i ka hoʻopalau ʻana o Namakaokahaʻi iā ia iho.  Ma ko Namakaokahaʻi hale ʻo ia i hōʻā ʻia ai ka ʻīlio mākonā a hiki i lehu e ʻAukelenuiaikū, a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻai i ka mea ʻai lāʻau make i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia.  Ua aʻo aku ke akua wahine iā ia i kona mana kalakupua akā, koe ka lele ʻana.  Lilo ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū i ka mōʻī o kona ʻāina a pau.  Pono ʻo ia e hana i kona mana no ka lanakila ʻana i kekahi ʻohana pōʻino ʻē aʻe.  Ua hāpai ʻia ʻo ia e ka manu ʻo Halulu i kona pūnana ma luna o ka pali no ka ʻai ʻana iho, akā, moku nā ʻēheu a me ka poʻo o ia manu i kā ʻAukelenuiaikū pahi kalakupua.  Hoʻokuʻu iho ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū i kekahi ānuenue i ka honua.

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He hoa pāʻani ke keikikāne a ke kaikuaʻana mua o ʻAukelenuiaikū nāna.  Ma o ka ʻae ʻana o ia keikikāne i pili pū ai ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū i ka hui kele.  Uē ʻo ʻAukelenuiaikū i ka make o ia keikikāne a hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia e kāna wahine no ke kiʻi ʻana mai i ka wai ola i mea e hōʻola hou ai i kona ʻohana make.  Aia ka wai ola i ka mole o kekahi lua.  Hiki ke loaʻa ia lua ma muli o ka lele hikina ʻana i kahi a ka lā e piʻi aʻe ai.  E loaʻa hou auaneʻi iā ia ka ipu nona ka wai ola.  Hōʻola hou ʻia kona ʻohana make e kāna wahine.  Ua hoʻokele auaneʻi nā kaikuaʻana a me kāna keikikāne a piholo lākou.

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Ua ʻume ʻia ʻo Aukelenuiaikū i ko kāna wahine mau hoahānau uʻi ʻo Pele lāua ʻo Hiʻiaka a hoʻopunipuni ʻo ia e hele lawaiʻa i mea e hui pū ai me lāua. Maopopo auaneʻi kēia i kāne wahine a kipaku ʻia aku nā hoahānau uʻi i kahi ʻē.  Hoʻoholo ʻAukelenuiaikū e hoʻi mai i kona ʻāina hānau.  Hele aku ʻo ia i Kuaihelani a ʻolohaka ia wahi ke ʻike maka aku ona.  Haʻalele aku ka ʻohana iā Kuaihelani no Kauaʻi no ko lākou noho ʻana.  Ma Kauaʻi, lilo ʻo Iku i ka ʻai moku a ma hope aku, hakakā ʻia kekahi kaua no ko ʻAukelenuiaikū kaikuahine uʻi.

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Summary:

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ʻAukelenuiaikū is the eleventh and favorite son of Iku and Kapapaiakea in Kuaihelani. His ten older brothers, are all great boxers.  They hate ʻAukelenuiaikū because their father has given to him the inheritance of the kingdom instead of to his older brothers.  They throw him into the pit of the ancestress Kamo‘oinanea who eats men, but she spares him, describes to him the vacant land ruled over by Namakaokaha‘i and gives him a food-providing leaf, and other magical items and a box containing the god Lonoikouali‘i to warn him of approaching danger. She then lifts him up out of the pit and he returns to his brothers. 

 

The brothers determine to leave the land of Kuaihelani. He accompanies them, and on the voyage the food-providing leaf keeps them from starving.  Arrived at Namakaokaha‘i's country the brothers declare war and are all reduced to ashes, ʻAukelenuiaikū is saved by swimming ashore. He is able to befriend the rat and mo‘o servants whom he first encounters and to persuade the four bird brothers to promise him their sister in marriage.  At Namakaokahaʻiʻs house he burns the mean dog to ashes, and avoids the poisoned food set before him.  The goddess teaches him her magic powers except the art of flying, and she makes him ruler over all her land.  He needs to use his power to overcome other dangerous relatives. The bird Halulu carries him to his nest on the cliff and keeps him there to be devoured, but he cuts off one wing after the other with his magic knife and finally the head, and the bird's mate lets him down on a rainbow to earth. 

 

The son of ʻAukelenuiaikūʻs oldest brother was a playmate of his. It was through him that ʻAukelenuiaikū was allowed to join the sailing party. ʻAukelenuiaikū mourns his death and his wife sends him after the water of life to restore his dead relatives to life. It is kept in a deep pit reached by flying eastward to the place where the sun comes up.  He eventually retrieves the water of life contained in a gourd.  His wife brings them all to life.  Eventually, the brothers set sail with their son and are drowned at sea.

 

ʻAukelenuiaikū is attracted by his wife's young cousins Pele and Hi‘iaka and pretends to go fishing in order to meet them. His wife discovers this and drives them from the country. ʻAukelenuiaikū decides to return to his old home. He goes to Kuaihelani and finds the place empty.  The family have gone to Kauai to live. At Kauai, Iku became ruler over the island, and later a battle was fought over ʻAukelenuiaikūʻs pretty sister.