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Overview
In the 1915 selected account of Milu’s death, a great bird with varied brilliant feathers repeatedly flies across Waipiʻo between the precipices while people shout. Milu has been warned to stay inside his ti-leaf house, but looks out because of the noise. The bird swoops down, drives a claw beneath his arm and removes his liver.
It flies into a deep lava pit, leaving blood on the stones. Lono follows, takes the blood back and restores Milu rather than retrieving or killing the bird. The place is named Ke-ake-o-Milu, the liver of Milu. The bird is unnamed; the text does not explicitly equate it with Halulu or say that it is Kalae’s transformed body.
Origins & earliest records
William Drake Westervelt, Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Boston: Geo. H. Ellis; London: Constable, 1915), XII. Unnamed local narrator; older authorities only directly read through this publication.
Records & interpretation
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Legends of Gods and Ghosts, XII, pp. 96–97
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- Primary collected narrativeLegends of Gods and Ghosts, XII, pp. 96–97Research access: 2026-10-05
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