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Laie Local Customs

Plaque at La'ie Point - Laie
Plaque at La'ie Point
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Laniloa, The Mo'o
This Legend is as it appears at La'ie Point describing the legend behind the formation of the 5 small islands.
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 had rescued their mother from Moloka'i and had taken her back to Hawaii. 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 its 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 were Kihewamoku, Molua’aniwa, Pulemoku, Malualai and Keauakaluapa'a'a.
Source: "Hawaiian Legends" by William Rice, Bishop Museum Bulletin, Honolulu, HI 1923.
This legend is especially interesting since it bears very similar resemblance to one that i have heard about Crater Lake as described by the native Kalamath Peoples.

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