MYTHOLOGY (noun.)
1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
2. the study of myths
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POLI'AHU AND AIWOHIKUPUA
This is the story of the romance between Poli'ahu, the snow and ice goddess; and the ali'i Aiwohikupua. The goddess met Aiwohikupua on the southern slope of Mauna Kea, her home. They immediately fell in love with each other and the ali'i brought Poli'ahu to his native home, Kaua'i.
When they were celebrating their wedding, she discovered her lover was already betrothed to a princess of Maui, Hina-i-ka-malama. The disappointed Hina, apprised of her beloved's duplicity, appeared in the middle of the festivities and claimed that Aiwohikupua cheated on her.
The truth behind the chief's actions was the following. He first pursued the Puna chiefess, Laie-i-ka-wai, but she rejected him. On his way home, passing Laupāhoehoe, he saw a beautiful chiefess surfing, the lovely Hinaikamalama. She fell in love with him almost immediately. He gambled with her, and lost. As he, himself, was the forfeit, he had to agree to marry her. However, he delayed the wedding on the excuse that he had to make a journey. The journey was to fetch Poli'ahu, and their romance began until the day of their wedding.
When Hinaikamalama learned of the wedding, she traveled to Kaua'i and joined the wedding celebrations. At a game of kilu she demanded her right to speak, and told how Aiwohikupua had cheated her. Poli'ahu, infuriated, returned to Mauna Kea. Aiwohikupua agreed to fulfill his vows to Hinaikamalama, and took her to the wedding house.
Each time they touched each other, Poli'ahu would cover them with either the icy cold of her snows or the searing heat of the summit sun. In other myths, the goddess kept them in different waves with temperature changes to keep them apart, first freezing them and then turning the cold into heat. At last Hina could not take it any longer and returned to Maui. Because of his infidelity, Aiwohikupua was left alone.
According to some legends, Poli'ahu ended up killing Aiwohikupua by frosting him to death. Quoting Karol G, eso te pasa por andar con dos, "that's what you get when you mess with two people at the same time".
G L O S S A R Y
Aliʻi; in the Hawaiian language, hereditary line of rulers (heir, chief)
