Show LEGENDS OF HAWAII WORTHY OF GRIMM reflect fantastic imagination of the natives honolulu A wrestler who could fly like a bird and a pig as tau tan as a mountain are prominent figures in the numberless legends of old hawaii A people of fantastic imagination the hawaiians Hawaii ans gave intelligence to the sun the moon the stars and heard the voices of their gods in the roar of the surf the winds the thunder and hundreds more of natures expressions every prominent tourist attraction and numerous places the average tourist never sees and probably does not hear about is surrounded with legends the volcanoes the sheer pall pali cliff the city of refuge in the kona district diamond I 1 head and punchbowl Punch bowl craters all have their imaginative legends I 1 the soaring wrestler who would present a knotty referees problem if he should take off and refuse to I 1 come down after being given a modern airplane spin is given prominent mention in an outline of hawaiian 1 legends prepared by the hawaiian annual legend ot of wrestlers Wrest lers according to the legend of kauai island famed for his skill at wrestling and boxing once went for a walk with Pa kuanui anul champion of oahu bahu island along the windswept brink of the pall pali apparently was unaware either of the tact fact that kuanui Pa was a very jealous fellow or had slight regard for the rules of wrestling As they strolled along admiring the beautiful scenery provided by the sea and mountains of the windward side of the island Pa kuanui suddenly grabbed and nipped flipped him over the cliff it looked like a one fall decision for Pa kuanui but to his great surprise suddenly spread his arms and flew like a big brown featherless eagle the pali is more commonly known as the spot at which chic h king kamehameha I 1 shoved over the forces of Kalina kapule in 1790 to become master of all the islands the incident of the extraordinary pig according to legend took place at sacred falls on the island of oahu bahu it was here that Ol ruler of oahu bahu finally succeeded in trapping known as a no good rascal who always was stir birg up trouble saved by huge pig things were going badly for Kama puaa and his men when he suddenly assumed the form of a huge pig he stood up on his hind legs with his back to the falls and his men escaped to the top of the cliff by clambering up his bristles A huge mark which still is pointed out was formed on the mountain where back rubbed against it there were little people in hawaii long ago they were known as Mene hunes and numbers of them are said to exist to this day they are playful pixies and are blamed for a lot of things which probably are not their fault at all the Mene hunes suffered at least one severe setback when they took to feuding feeding with the owl god pheo who lived in a temple at the head bead of manca valley beautiful honolulu residential section pleos hey rubel call was a brisk beating of drums and on an one occasion when the little people became too annoying he pounded his drums until the owls gathered in such numbers as to darken the sky and rout the Mene hunes any hawaiian will tell you that the Mene hunes like to fish the phosphorescent glow which can be seen in the ocean off waialua any dark clear night they say is only the Mene hunes fishing with their tiny torches |