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Menehune
Menehune are a mythological race of dwarf people in Hawaiian tradition who are said to live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, hidden and far away from human settlements. The Menehune are described as superb craftspeople. They built temples (''heiau''), fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses. Some of these structures that Hawaiian folklore attributed to the Menehune still exist. They are said to have lived in Hawaii before settlers arrived from Polynesia many centuries ago. Their favorite food is the ''maia'' (banana), and they also like fish. Legend has it that the Menehune appear only during the night hours to build masterpiece, and if they fail to complete their work in the length of the night, they will leave it unoccupied. No one but their children and humans connected to them can see the Menehune. Theories In Martha Warren Beckwith's ''Hawaiian AKA Ilenes Mythology'', there are references to several other forest dwelling races: the '' ilene Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikiaola
Kīkīaola is a historic irrigation ditch (''auwai'') located near Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii, Waimea on the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Also known as "Menehune Ditch" or "Peekauai Ditch," it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1984. It is purported to have been built by the Menehune. Hawaiians built many stone-lined ''auwai'' to irrigate ponds for growing taro (''kalo''), but very rarely employed dressed stone to line ditches. The 120 finely cut basalt blocks that line about 200 feet of the outer wall of the Menehune Ditch make it not just exceptional, but "the acme of stone-faced ditches" in the words of archaeologist Wendell C. Bennett. The site shares its name with a harbor near Waimea. References Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Buildings and structures in Kauai County, Hawaii Canals in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Kauai County, Hawaii {{Hawaii-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menehune Fishpond
The Alekoko Fishpond, known locally as the Menehune Fishpond, near Līhuʻe, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, is a historic Hawaiian fishpond. Also known as Alakoko Fishpond, it has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1973. The pond is bounded by a at a large bend in Hulēia River. It has been deemed "the most significant fishpond on Kauai, both in Hawaiian legends and folklore and in the eyes fKauai's people today". As the largest fishpond on Kauai, it is estimated to have been constructed in the 15th century, and may be the first brackish-water fishpond in the Hawaiian Islands. Its construction is traditionally attributed to the Menehune, a mythical people said to have inhabited Hawaii before the arrival of the Hawaiians. It was first listed on the U.S. National Register in 1973; the listing included one contributing site and one contributing structure. In 2021 it was purchased by The Trust for Public Land and conveyed to Mālama Hulēia, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Hawaiian Aquaculture
Before contact with Europeans, the Hawaiian people practiced aquaculture through development of fish ponds (), the most advanced fish-husbandry among the original peoples of the Pacific. While other cultures in places like Egypt and China also used the practice, Hawaii's aquaculture was very advanced considering the much smaller size of the area of Hawaii compared to other aquacultural societies. Hawaiian fishponds were typically shallow areas of a reef flat surrounded by a low lava rock wall () built out from the shore. Several species of edible fish (such as mullet) thrive in such ponds, and Hawaiians developed methods to make them easy to catch. The Hawaiian fishpond was primarily a grazing area in which the fishpond-keeper cultivated algae; much in the way cattle ranchers cultivate grass for their cattle. The porous lava walls let in seawater (or sometimes fresh or brackish water, as in the case of the "Menehune" fishpond near Līhue, Kauai), but prevent the fish from esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necker Island (Hawaii)
Necker Island ( "branched island") is a small uninhabited island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is located at in the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, northwest of Nihoa, and north of the Tropic of Cancer. It is part of the state of Hawaii in the United States. It contains important prehistoric archaeological sites of the Hawaiian culture and is part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The United States Census Bureau reports Necker Island's land area as . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie (folklore)
A brownie or broonie ( Scots), also known as a or (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit or hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks. The human owners of the house must leave a bowl of milk or cream or some other offering for the brownie, usually by the hearth. Brownies are described as easily offended and will leave their homes forever if they feel they have been insulted or in any way taken advantage of. Brownies are characteristically mischievous and are often said to punish or pull pranks on lazy servants. If angered, they are sometimes said to turn malicious, like boggarts. Brownies originated as domestic tutelary spirits, very similar to the Lares of ancient Roman tradition. Descriptions of brownies vary regionally, but they are usually described as ugly, brown-skinned, and covered in hair. In the oldest stories, they are usually human-sized or larger. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Luomala
Ellen Katharine Luomala (September 10, 1907 – February 27, 1992) was an American anthropologist known for her studies of comparative mythology in Oceania. Early life and education Luomala was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, the daughter of John E. Luomala and Elina (Linn) Forsnäs Luomala. Both of her parents were born in Finland. She was educated at the University of California, Berkeley. She began her anthropological studies there by working with the Navajo people in the 1930s, chronicling their changing lives. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1931, a master's degree in 1933, and completed her Ph.D. in 1936. Career In 1941 Luomala became an honorary associate at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, which position she maintained for the rest of her working life. She worked in Washington, D.C. during World War II. In 1946 she became a professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she studied Hawaiian mythology and, from 1950, the ethnobotany of the Gilber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulupō Heiau State Historic Site
Ulupō Heiau on the eastern edge of Kawai Nui Marsh in Kailua, Hawaii, is an ancient site associated in legend with the menehune, but later with high chiefs of Oahu, such as Kakuhihewa in the 15th century and Kualii in the late 17th century. It may have reached the peak of its importance in 1750, before being abandoned after Oahu was conquered in the 1780s. The site became a territorial park in 1954, was partially restored in the early 1960s, marked with a bronze plaque by the State Commission on Historical Sites in 1962, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The massive stone platform of the heiau measures 140 by , with outer walls up to high, its size and scale indicating both its cultural importance and the chiefly power of its patrons. Many of the stones may have been transported from as far as Kualoa, more than away. Although it probably began as an agricultural heiau (''mapele'') with springs feeding crops of taro, banana, sweet potato, and suga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahaluʻu Bay
Kahaluu Bay (; ) is a historic district and popular recreation area on the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Early history This area has been populated for about 500 years, and in the 18th and 19th centuries was an important royal residence. One major feature is ''Pa o ka menehune'' (which means literally "wall of the ancients"), a breakwater constructed in Ancient Hawaii that might have once enclosed the entire bay. Since construction of a heiau using the dry-stack masonry technique (''uhau humu pohaku'') was a major undertaking, it is unusual to find the concentration of about ten that were built on this bay. The ''Kuemanu Heiau'' is on the north end of the bay. This was used by royalty to view surfing and as a residence. Nearby the ''Keawaiki'' canoe landing site is popular today with local surfers. Two ancient fishponds called ''Waikuaala'' and ''Poo Hawaii'' are still visible. Royal Governor John Adams Kuakini had a thatched roof house, and King David Kalākaua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niumalu
Niumalu is a district on the southeast coast of the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It has a population of approximately 7,000 people. The Niumalu Beach Park Niumalu Beach Park is a county beach park in the district of Niumalu on the south-east coast of the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located on Nāwiliwili Bay, about south of Līhue. The Hulēʻia National Wildlife Refuge is ad ... is located within the district. References Geography of Kauai {{Hawaii-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
