Signs in the heavens herald his approach; he appears within the
sun at the back of the mountain and finally stands before his bride,
whom he takes up with him on a rainbow to the moon. At his return, as he
stands upon the rainbow, a great sound of shouting is heard over the
land in praise of his beauty. Thus he deals out judgment upon
Laieikawai's enemies: Waka falls dead, and Aiwohikupua is dispossessed
of his landed rights. Next, he rewards her friends with positions of
influence, and leaving the ruling power to his wife's twin sister and
her husband, returns with Laieikawai to his old home in the heavens.
In the final chapters the Sun-god himself, who is called "The
eyeball-of-the-sun," proves unfaithful. He falls captive to the charms
of the twin sister, sends his clever youngest sister, whose foresight he
fears, to rule in the heavens, and himself goes down to earth on some
pretext in pursuit of the unwilling Laielohelohe. Meanwhile his wife
sees through the "gourd of knowledge" all that is passing on earth and
informs his parents of his infidelity. They judge and disgrace him; the
divine Sun-god becomes the first _lapu_, or ghost, doomed to be shunned
by all, to live in darkness and feed upon butterflies.
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