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Legends That Mention Windward Oahu

 

alphabetical by name of person or place (others are listed at the end).

The list is based on the Hawaiian Legends Index (Hawaiian Collection, Z5984 .H3 H39 1989)


Aiai
“Aiai, Son of Kuula”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 230-249 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

Halemano
“Legend of Halemano”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 228-263 - mentions Kailua, Kaneohe

Hina
“The Hinas of Hawaiian Folk-lore”, in Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 197-213 - mentions Kaneohe (PDF)

Iwa
“Iwa, the Notable Thief of Oahu”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 148-156 - mentions Koolau

Iwikauikaua
“The Adventures of Iwikauikaua”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, (pages 335-349) - Kailua

Kaehu
“Kaehu, the Child of the Sea”, in Irwin, In Menehune Land (1936), pages 64-67 - mentions Koolau Range

Kaiana
“Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, (pages unknown) - mentions Kailua

Kahalaopuna
“Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, pages 511-522 - mentions Kailua

“Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 118-132 - mentions Kailua, Koolau (PDF)

“Legend of Kahalaopuna”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 188-193 - mentions Koolau

Kalanimanuia
“Legend of Kalanimanuia”, in Fornander, volume 4, pages 548-553 - mentions Koolau

Kaliuwaa
“Kaliuwaa”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 193-199 - mentions Kaneohe (PDF)

“Legend of Kaliuwaa”, in Nakuina, Hawaii, Its People, Their Legends, pages 45-51 - mentions Koolau

Kamapuaa
“Kamapuaa” in Armitage, Ghost Dog and Other Hawaiian Legends (1944), pages 133-135 - mentions Koolau Range

“Tradition of Kamapuaa”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 314-363 - mentions Kailua

“Kamapuaa Legends”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 246-277 - mentions Kaneohe, Koolau

“Kaliuwaa Falls and Kamapuaa, the demigod”, in Thrum, Tributes of Hawaiian tradition: Pali and Battle of Nuuanu, pages 19-29 - mentions Kaneohe, Koolau Range

Kaneohe
 “Kaneohe By the Sea”, in Paki, Pilahi and Francis Haar, Legends of Hawaii: Oahu’s Yesterday (1972), page 28 - mentions Kaneohe

“Kaneohe, the Bamboo Man”, in Paki, Pilahi and Francis Haar, Legends of Hawaii: Oahu’s Yesterday (1972), pages 29-30 - mentions Kaneohe

Kapunohu
“Legend of Kapunohu”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 214-255 - mentions Kailua

Kaulu
“Kaulu”, in Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, , pages 354-355 - mentions Kailua, Koolau

“Legend of Kaulu”, in Fornander, volume 4, pages 522-533 - mentions Kailua

“Legend of Kaulu”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 364-371 - mentions Kailua

Kawelo
“Legend of Kawelo”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 2 - 71 - mentions Koolau

“The Stone Face”, in Legend of Kalewo, page 124 - mentions Koolau

“The Dog Pae”, in Legend of Kalewo, page 178 - mentions Koolau

“Kawelo’ Parentage”, Legend of Kalewo, page 4-17 - mentions Koolau Range

“The Legends of Kawelo”, in Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 149-163 - mentions Kaneohe

“Kawelo”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 173-188 - mentions Kaneohe

Keleleakuaka
“Keleleakuaka”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 74-106 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

Kualii
“History of Kualii”, in Fornander, volume 4, pages 364-434 - mentions Kailua, Kaneohe

Kukanloko
“Kukanlioko: Famed Birthplace of Aliis”, in Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 87-93 - mentions Kailua (PDF)

Laa
“Laa from Tahiti” in Westervelt, Hawaiian Historical Legends, pages 86-92 - mentions Kaneohe (PDF)

Laamaikahiki
“The Triple Marriage of Laamaikahiki”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, page 117-135 - mentions Kaneohe

Laieikawai
“The Story of Laieikawai”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, pages 455-480 - mentions Kaneohe, Koolau

Liula
Sweet Liula of Koolau (1922), by Morgan, Margaret Kirby - mentions Koolau

Lono
“Lono and Kaikilani”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, pages 319-331 - mentions Kailua

Lonoikamakahike
“Lonoikamakahike”, in Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, pages 368-369 - mentions Kailua

“Lonoikamakahiki and Kaikilani" in Thorpe, In the Path of the Trade Winds, pages 111-123 - mentions Kailua

“Story of Lonoikamakahiki”, in Fornander, volume 4, pages 256-363 - mentions Kailua

Makalei
“The Cave of Makalei”, in Maquire, Kona Legends (1926), pages 27-30 - mentions Koolau

Mamala
“Mamala the surf-rider”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 52-54 - mentions Koolau

Makalei
“The Cave of Makalei", in Armitage, Ghost Dog and Other Hawaiian Legends (1944), pages 53-56 - mentions Koolau

Menehune
“Kekupuaa's Canoe ”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 114-116 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

“As Heiau Builders”, in Thrum, Stories of the Menehunes, pages 37-38 - mentions Kailua, Koolau (PDF)

“Oahu Became One Island” in Pukui, Tales of the Menehune (1960), page 103 - mentions Koolau

“Kekupua’s Canoe”, in Thrum, Stories of the Menehunes, pages 31-35 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

Namakaokapaoo
“Legend of Namakaokapaoo", in Fornander, volume 5, pages 274-283 - mentions Koolau

Ohelo
“Story of the Ohelo”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 576-583 - mentions Koolau

Paalua and Kawelu
“Paalua and Kawelu”, in Pukui, The Water of Kane (1951), pages 184-193 - mentions Kaneohe

“Legend of Paalua and Kawelu" in Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 136-148 - mentions Kaneohe, Koolau Range (PDF)

Pali
“The Pali and the Battle of Nuuanu”, in Thrum, Tributes of Hawaiian tradition: Pali and Battle of Nuuanu pages 7-15 - mentions Koolau, Koolau Range

Palila
“Legend of Palila”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 136-153 - mentions Koolau

Peapea
“Story of Peapea”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 458-463 - mentions Kaneohe

Pele and Hiiaka
Pele and Hiiaka, Emerson, - mentions Koolau

Punaaikoae
“Punaaikoae”, in Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 185-196 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

Puniaiki
“Puniaiki”, in Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, , pages 356-357 - mentions Kaneohe

“Legend of Puniakaia”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 154-163 - mentions Kaneohe

Puna
“Puna and the Dragon”, in Westervelt, Legends of Gods and Ghosts, pages 152-162 - mentions Koolau (PDF)


Other Myths and Legends (by title)

“Battle of the Owls”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 200-202 - mentions Kaneohe (PDF)

“The Bewitched Guard of Koolau”, in Paki, Pilahi and Francis Haar, Legends of Hawaii: Oahu’s Yesterday (1972), pages 24-25 - Koolau Range

“The Bird-man of Nuuanu Valley”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 121-126 - mentions Kailua

“The Brindled Dog”, in Green, Folk-Tales of Hawaii, pages 48-49 - mentions Koolau Range

“The Brindled Dog”, in Green, Hawaiian Stories and Wise Sayings, pages 48-49 - mentions Koolau Range

“Chief Man-eater”, Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 189-203 - Koolau Range

“First Hawaiian Printing”, in Westervelt, Hawaiian Historical Legends, pages 183-188 - mentions Kailua (PDF)

“Fish Stories and Superstitions”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, page 269-274 - mentions Kaneohe, Koolau (PDF)

“The Iron Knife”, in Kalakaua, Legends and Myths of Hawaii, mentions Koolau

“This Land is the Sea’s”, in Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales, pages 203-214 - mentions Koolau (PDF)

“The Mahoe of Kailua”, in Irwin, In Menehune Land (1936), pages 125-134 - mentions Kailua

“The Maid of the Twilight”, in Day, The Princess of Manoa, pages 70-78 - mentions Koolau Range

“The Maile”, in Fornander, volume 5, page 614-619 - mentions Koolau

“Myth Concerning Molokin”, in Fornander, volume 5, pages 514-521 - mentions Koolau

“The Origin of Tapa Cloth”, in Armitage, Ghost Dog and Other Hawaiian Legends (1944), pages 140 - Koolau Range

“The Owls of Honolulu”, in Westervelt, Legends of Old Honolulu, pages 127-137 - mentions Koolau

“La Princesse Tu’ee Sept Fois”, in Patton, Legendes Hawaiiennes, pages 41-49 - mentions Kailua

“Shark Pool of Koolau Bay”, in Paki, Pilahi and Francis Haar, Legends of Hawaii: Oahu’s Yesterday (1972), page 45 - mentions Koolau Bay

“The slandered priest of Oahu" in Gowen, Hawaiian Idylls of Love and Death, pages 34-42 - mentions Kaneohe

“The Valley of Rainbows”, in Nakuina, Hawaii, Its People, Their Legends, pages 41-45 - mentions Kaneohe, Kailua

“Why hilu fish are striped”, in Pukui, The Water of Kane (1951), pages 164-167 - mentions Kaneohe

no title, in Paki, Pilahi and Francis Haar, Legends of Hawaii: Oahu’s Yesterday, page 147 - mentions Kaneohe


PDFs prepared by Brian Richardson is copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

 

 

page last updated: August 5, 2008