This image is derived from the Kumulipo regarding the Trials of M?ui fishing up Pimoi the great fish and the islands using the hook Manaiakalani made from the jaw of his kupuna (ancestor).

The fish hook represents the knowledge gained from the ancestors. Manaiakalani is also the name of the constelation known in the west as Scorpius. The line is M?ui’s connection to generations of ancestors. The reason fish is used as an analogy for land can be seen in the word for land: ‘?ina whcih canotes eating or sustenance.

This image takes place before the illustration on Kira’s Kimono on the other page.

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