Friday, April 1, 2011

Mo'o in La'ie


"This point of land that extends out into the ocean is called Laniloa.  According to legend, this peninsula was originally a mo'o, or giant lizard, standing upright ready to kill any intruder.  After Kana, a legendary warrior, and his brother rescued their mother from Moloka'i and had taken \her back to Hawai'i, Kana set out on a journey to kill all the mo'o in the islands,  In time, he arrived in La'ie where the mo'o had been killing many people.  Kana easily defeated the mo'o, taking it's head, he chopped it into five pieces and flung them into the ocean.  the pieces of the lizard's head can still be seen today as five small islands lying off-shore, their original names where Kihewamoku, Molua'aniwa, Pulemoku, Malualai, and Keauakaluapa'a'a."

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