A HAWAIIAN FOLKLORE - EVENT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII - Part 1
The Humans:
Lehua - The most beautiful girl in the village and the only daughter of the village's chief.
Ohia - The handsome warrior is witty, and the most powerful, bravest, of all the village's warriors.
The goddesses:
Pele: The fire goddess, very cunning, beguiling, a caster of curses, and a changeling.
Hiiaka: The plant goddess, a healer of curses, and a changeling.
The Animal:
Ilio: Name of a pet dog ***An Ilio, in English translation, is a dog
***The first episode: THE INTERACTION
Lehua: "Ohia, are you vanishing again?"
Ohia: "Do you miss me already?"
Lehua: "I'm unhappy when my father sends you away on some mission."
Ohia: "I'm his charge plus, whatever I do, gives protection for all the villagers."
Lehua: "Are you my protector?"
Ohia: "You both, are under my protection for you have forgotten our little one that you carry inside you."
Lehua: "How can I forget when I am constantly kicked, as a reminder?"
Ohia: "Well, command it to stop?"
Lehua: "I will not plus it's not like it is Ilio!"
Ohia: "Now leave Ilio alone for I must go."
Before Ohia joins the other warriors, he bends down near to Lehua's face, then he rubs her nose (a form of kissing), with his nose, then he departs the village with a handful of the warriors. At every crossing, one warrior will break from the group, leaving the last to go onward alone. Ohia, being the last of the group, was also the farthest warrior from the village, making him the most vulnerable in danger. At a middle juncture to his destination up ahead, Ohia saw an old woman coming his way, but as she came closer, she appeared to be a younger woman.
Pele: "Are you heading to the village above, young man?"
Ohia: "I will go as far as I go, and no further."
Pele: "Then, you will head back to your home village far below by the sea."
Ohia: "I do not know you, but I do know that you are a stranger to me."
Pele: "Oh, I do know who you are, but it is you who the stranger amongst us."
Ohia: "Then say you, which of the two villages that I come from."
Pele: "Certainly, not from the village from whence I came from."
Ohia: "And why is that?"
Pele: "Because the village behind me lies near the foot of the cold mountain, and I see that you do not carry your fur pack, as the coldness has been in effect for this area for quite a spell."
Ohia: I need not carry my fur pack down below in the southern region, but I will it fetch along my way home, for it lies just a little ways behind you, hid under some brush--so I will leave you on your peaceful journey."
Pele: "Then, I will wait here until you return."
Ohia: "I will not dally over this foolishness so, I am warning you to begone!"
Pele: "I will wait here to accompany me to your home village, my dear O-h-i-a!"
***The next episode: THE REACTION
The Ohia Tree & The Lehua Flower Blossom & The Ohia-Lehua Leaves & Ilio The Loyal
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