Folklore & Legend Reports in Hawaii
3 nightmarks documented
Folklore & Legends
Pele, the volcano goddess of Kīlauea — sightings of a woman in white (or red) who predicts eruption
Halema'uma'u Crater, Kīlauea, Hawai'i Island
Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele reportedly appears as a woman in white or red along the Big Island's roads, often before eruptions. Sightings documented since 1955.
Folklore & Legends
Honoka'a Pe'ahi Menehune Ditch — stonework the ancient Hawaiians said was not theirs (Kaua'i)
Kīkīaola (Menehune Ditch), Waimea, Kaua'i
A precision-fitted stone aqueduct on Kaua'i that Native Hawaiians told Captain Vancouver in 1793 was built by the Menehune in a single night — for one shrimp-feast.
Folklore & Legends
The Menehune of Kaua'i — Hawaii's mysterious small people who built the 'Alekoko Fishpond in a single night
'Alekoko Fishpond, Kaua'i, Hawaii
A race of three-foot-tall master stonemasons who, Hawaiian tradition holds, built Kaua'i's 'Alekoko Fishpond overnight. Modern sightings in the Alakaʻi Swamp continue.