the old Alae

Family: the Hawaiian legends · Role: bird · First appears: Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2

In Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2, the old Alae was making flames when Maui seized her and held her prisoner. She warned him that if he killed her, her secret would perish and he could not have fire. Maui promised to spare her if she showed him what to do; after repeated attempts, he discovered how to make fire by rubbing sticks together. He then rubbed a fire stick on her head until her feathers fell off and the raw flesh appeared.

Relationship record

Life events

• Maui concealed himself, seized the old Alae, and held her prisoner.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui was impatient--and just as the old Alae began to select sticks with which to make the flames he leaped swiftly out and caught her and held her prisoner.”
• The old Alae warned Maui that killing her would destroy the secret of fire.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “But the Alae cried out: ‘If you are the death of me--my secret will perish also--and you cannot have fire.’”
• Maui promised to spare the old Alae if she revealed how to make fire.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui then promised to spare her life if she would tell him what to do.”
• After repeated attempts, Maui discovered how to make fire by rubbing sticks together.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “At last Maui found fire.”
• Maui rubbed the fire stick on the old Alae's head, stripping feathers until her flesh showed.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “He took a fire stick and rubbed the top of the head of his prisoner until the feathers fell off and the raw flesh appeared.”

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 2

• enemies with Maui “Maui was impatient--and just as the old Alae began to select sticks with which to make the flames he leaped swiftly out and caught her and held her prisoner.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.