. Legends of old Honolulu . ndinside the present filled land used for the UnitedStates quarantine and coal station was a pondwith a beautiful grove of cocoanut-trees belongingto a chief, Hono-kau-pu, and afterward knownby his name. Straight out toward the oceanwas the narrow entrance to the harbor, throughwhich rolled the finest surf waves of the Honolulupart of the island Oahu. The surf bore the name*Ke-kai-o-Mamala CThe sea of Mamala )•When the surf rose high it was called Ka-nuku-o-Mamala (The nose of Mamala)- Sothe sea and entrance to the harbor were knownby the name Mamala, and the shore
. Legends of old Honolulu . ndinside the present filled land used for the UnitedStates quarantine and coal station was a pondwith a beautiful grove of cocoanut-trees belongingto a chief, Hono-kau-pu, and afterward knownby his name. Straight out toward the oceanwas the narrow entrance to the harbor, throughwhich rolled the finest surf waves of the Honolulupart of the island Oahu. The surf bore the name*Ke-kai-o-Mamala CThe sea of Mamala )•When the surf rose high it was called Ka-nuku-o-Mamala (The nose of Mamala)- Sothe sea and entrance to the harbor were knownby the name Mamala, and the shore gavethe name Kou to the bay. Mamala was a chiefess of kupua meant that she was a mo-o, or gigantic liz-ard or crocodile, as well as a beautiful woman,and could assume whichever shape she mostdesired. One of the legends says that she wasa shark and woman, and had for her husbandthe shark-man Ouha, afterward a shark-godhaving his home in the ocean near Koko Head. >en >OW ow C/3 W G> H H0> > o ^. THE NEW VORkPUBLIC LIBRAR L ASTCft, LENOX MAMALA THE SURF-RIDER 53 Mamala and Ouha drank awa together andplayed konane on the smooth konane stone atKou. Mamala was a wonderful surf-rider. Veryskilfully she danced on the roughest surf in which she most delighted rose farout in the rough sea, where the winds blewstrong and whitecaps were on waves which rolledin rough disorder into the bay of Kou. Thepeople on the beach, watching her, filled the airwith resounding applause as they clapped theirhands over her extraordinary athletic feats. The chief, Hono-kau-pu, chose to take Mamalaas his wife, so she left Ouha and lived with hernew husband. Ouha was angry and tried atfirst to injure Hono and Mamala, but he wasdriven away. He fled to the late Ka-ihi-Kaputoward Waikiki. There he appeared as a manwith a basketful of shrimps and fresh fish,which he offered to the women of that place,saying, Here is life [, a living thing] forthe children. He opened h
Size: 1232px × 2029px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidlegendsofold, bookyear1915
