03-30-2014, 01:12 PM
quote:Do you mean the ones in Puna? There are many. (Sigh....)
Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
Can we talk about lizard people now?
Aloha to all, including the mo'o (lizard) people. Enjoy your evening, all. Life is short....leave a legacy. JMO.
(*ETA: SORRY! Off topic - However, Hilo Airport had lizards arrive in the cargo, the green, ugly ones! Kala mai.[xx(])
(*Snipped - Much more at link)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hm/hm11.htm
The mo‘o deities thus far named are all female aumakua worshiped by chiefesses. Not all mo‘o are female and not all are friendly. There are many legends of contests with unfriendly mo‘o. Lani-loa is a mo‘o who used to kill passers-by below Laie until cut up into the five little islands seen today off the coast as Malualai, Keauakaluapaaa, Pulemoku, Mokuaaniwa, and Kihewamoku. 9 The mo‘o is one of the Pele family's terrible forms. Hi‘iaka's journey to Kauai to fetch Pele's lover is delayed by many contests with evil mo‘o gods. Pi‘i-ka-lalau is a mo‘o deity of Kauai who can take the form of a giant, a pigmy, or a mo‘o and who fights a terrible battle against the chief Kauakahi on behalf of his friend Keli‘ikoa. 10 The contest between Pele and the mo‘o goddess for their human lover has already been mentioned. The mo‘o, in fact, fights for the family of its keeper.
*A great mo‘o is guardian of Paliuli and defends the place from intruders in the Laieikawai story. The head and tail of the mo‘o guardian of Puna district on Hawaii are still shown, petrified into rock, one in the pool at Kalapana, the other in a clear pool called Punalua a half mile distant. Bathers must dive and touch the rock before attempting to swim there. i]
Another pretty good read on the lizard people.(Puna related-kinda deep, IMO)
(ETA: Sorry, this blew the margins - Google Mo'o History)
And, this is about our "Green Lake", and the Mo'o legend:
(*Snipped - Excellent extensive article at link)
http://www.5thworld.net/KahumanaSanctuary/HTML/P1.html
[i]In the center of Pu'u Kapoho crater lies Ka wai a Pele or Green Lake as it is known today. It lies in the district of Puna, on the southeast side of the Island of Hawai‘I (Big Island). This is the most volcanically active area of the island with lush and varied vegetation.
Auntie Ulu Kanakaole Gorman, Edith Kanakaole's daughter and whose family graves are nearby, knew only one legend concerning Green Lake, and that was that the lake was guarded by a female Mo'o that had never been conquered. And that anytime a chief got close to doing so she transformed herself into a beautiful woman and distracted him.