Consulting with the gods, Naula discovered the cause of the drought, and, becoming alarmed at the threatened…
- Date of account
- Published 1888
- Source
- The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people
- Reference
- The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people · selected passage 25
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
Consulting with the gods, Naula discovered the cause of the drought, and, becoming alarmed at the threatened destruction of the entire population of the group, undertook to stay the ravages of the spreading scourge
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyConsulting with the gods, Naula discovered the cause of the drought, and, becoming alarmed at the threatened destruction of the entire population of the group, undertook to stay the ravages of the spreading scourge. With a vision enlarged and intensified by sacrifice and prayer, he ascended the highest peak of the Waianae Mountains. Far as the eye could reach the skies were cloudless. He first looked toward Kaala, but discerned no sign of rain around its wooded summits. He turned toward Kauai, but not a cloud could be seen above the mountains of that island. Cloudless, also, were the mountains of Molokai. Finally, casting his eyes in the direction of Maui, he saw a small, dark spot like a rain-cloud hanging above the peak of Hanaula. "It may disappear," he thought; "I will wait." Midday came. He looked again, and the spot was still there. The sun grew red in the west. Again he looked and found that the cloud had neither disappeared nor moved. "Surely the sons of Luahoomoe are there," he said to himself.
Historical context
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Modern context
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