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	Menehune
		In Hawaii, it is the mischievous Menehune who are said to haunt the deep forests or the mountains of Pu'ukapele ("Hills of Pele").
		The mythology of the Menehune is as old as the beginnings of Polynesian history.
		In the old times, some Hawaiians married Menehune girls, who were said to be quite fair, but needed to be shown how to make a fire and eat cooked food, because their own diet consisted only of starchy raw vegetables.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/menehune.html (446 words)

	Hawaii: The Mythical Menehune of Kaua'i
		The Menehune people were probably well distributed over all the Hawaiian islands, but myths and traditions concerning them cling more thickly to the island of Kaua'i.
		The Menehune were real, live people of Polynesian stock, and they are entitled to the honour and glory of being the first to cross the ocean wastes to Hawaii.
		Legend states that the only foods available in Hawaii on the arrival of the Menehune were the fruit of the pandanus, the pith of the fern tree, the root of the cordyline and the berries of the ohelo and akala.
	www.janesoceania.com /hawaii_kauai_mythology/index.htm (982 words)

	Menehune
		Menehune are said to be about two feet high, although some are only six inches high and capable of fitting in the palm of someone's hand.
		Menehune also enjoy cliff diving, so if you hear splashes in the night in Hawaii, it is possibly a Menehune diving into the ocean.
		The Menehune are also said to possess magical powers and to have created major projects throughout the Hawaiian Islands, such as the Menehune Ditch (an aqueduct that funnels water for irrigation from the Waimea River) and the Alekoko Fishpond (also called Menehune Fishpond).
	library.thinkquest.org /03oct/00056/mene.html (633 words)

	Hawaiian Mythology: Part Three. The Chiefs: XXIII. Mu and Menehune People
		A few of them divide from the Menehune at Pele-i-holani on Kauai and travel over the ridges to a rocky gulch called Laau in the mountains of Wainiha where they live with their wives and find water in abundance and till the soil of the uplands.
		Menehune are a pygmy people "about two feet in height." Their food is a pudding of the starch plant (haupia), squash (pala-ai) made from a wild plant in the forest, sweet-potato pudding (koele-palau), and cooked taro leaves (luau).
		A Menehune class is known in other groups, especially in Tahiti, where the first migration from "Havai‘i" (Ra‘iatea) which settled Tahiti was composed of commoners alone and hence the island was known as Tahiti-manahune.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pac/hm/hm25.htm (4699 words)

	The Menehune -Hawaiian Mythical Legend- Menehunes of Hawaii
		Today, scholars speculate that the Menehune may not have been an imaginary race at all, but rather the descendants of the first wave of settlers who came to Hawaii from the Marquesas sometime around the sixth century.
		According to legend, the menehune worked at night so as not to be seen by others, cutting, transporting, and fitting stones for their projects in a fireman's bucket brigade.
		Menehune also enjoy cliff diving, so if you hear splashes in the night on the islands of Hawaii, it is highly possible a Menehune is diving into the ocean.
	www.mythicalrealm.com /creatures/menehune.html (801 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Menehune
		In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune [pronounced meh-neh-HOO-neh] are said to be a people, sometimes described as dwarfs in size, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian islands, far from the eyes of normal humans.
		Folklorist Katherine Luomala believes that the legends of the Menehune are a post-European contact mythology created by adaptation of the term manahune (which by the time of the settling of the Hawaiian Islands had acquired a meaning of "lowly people") to European legends of brownies (Luomala 1951).
		In the experimental 1970s Aloha network developed at the University of Hawaii, the packet controllers were called Menehune, a pun on the equivalent IMP (Interface Message Processor) in the early ARPAnet.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Menehune (392 words)

	Menehune Ditch - Engineer Girl
		The Menehune Ditch, in Hawaii, is said to have been built in one night by a race of little people.
		The Menehune Ditch, which today functions as part of an irrigation system, is said to have been built in one night.
		The Menehune, a race of small elf-like people, built the ditch as the result of a request from the island's high chief to get water to his people's taro fields.
	www.engineergirl.org /CMS/FunFacts/3525.aspx (115 words)

	Kihei: Menehune Shores - Traveler Reviews - One of Maui's best values - TripAdvisor
		We had read a review of the Menehune Shores in Frommer's and liked the idea that every unit here has a great vista of the amazing views of West Maui and the neighbor island of Lanai, and that the property itself is located right on the water, a rarity in Kihei.
		Menehune Shores is right on the water, quiet and safe, and the views are better than any hotel we have stayed in on Maui (yes, including hotels in Kaanapali, Kapalua, and Wailea).
		We have found Menehune Shores to be a great value, and it is our favorite place to stay on Maui.
	www.tripadvisor.com /ShowUserReviews-g60632-d111827-r1684451-Menehune_Shores-Kihei_Maui_Hawaii.html (980 words)

	O'Neill Presents Fourth Annual Ian Walsh Menehune Mayhem Surf Event in Maui, Hawaii \| Surfline \| Contest News
		O'Neill and Team Rider Ian Walsh announced the official date for the highly anticipated Ian Walsh Menehune Mayhem Surf Event to be held Saturday February 3, 2007 at Ho'okipa Beach Park, in Maui, Hawaii.
		In it's fourth consecutive year, Walsh, an advocate for introducing and promoting surfing to the youths of Hawaii, is pleased to produce a free surf competition for boys and girls under the age of 17 at his home surf break with the support of his apparel sponsor O'Neill.
		The Ian Walsh Menehune Mayhem Surf Event Presented by O'Neill is organized by Walsh, his mother Kitty, and brothers Luke, Shaun and D.K..
	www.surfline.com /surfnews/surfwire.cfm?id=7501 (337 words)

	Menehune Ditch, Kauai
		The high chief of Waimea supposidely inlisted the aid of the menehune to build the aquaduct.
		He banned the villagers from leaving their homes one night so the menehune could safely build the ditch without being seen.
		The Menehune Ditch is on the left side of the road next to the Waimea Swinging Bridge.
	www.hawaiiweb.com /kauai/sites_to_see/MenehuneDitch.htm (166 words)

	Lihue-Kalapaki Kauai: Menehune (Alekoko) Fishpond
		Legends abound about the Menehune, an ancient race of "little folk" who made their home on Kauai.
		The seaward end of the fish pond was left unfinished because dawn came before the Menehune had completed their work.
		However, the stonework which closed the gap was far inferior to that of the mystical Menehune.
	www.kauai-hawaii.com /destinations.php?29 (72 words)

	THE THREE MENEHUNE OF AINAHOU
		The ancient Menehune rule was that if the work could not be finished in one night, it could never be completed.
		The Menehune did not know that for some time they were being watched by the little girl and boy who were hiding by the window in the house.
		All they saw was the Menehune tools moving all around the taro patches and plants being planted and start to grow as they watched.
	www.moolelo.com /menehune.html (1092 words)

	Menehune / Alekoko Fish Pond, Hawaii
		The Menehune are reputed to have built the 886ft/270m-long fish pond for a Hawaiian royal couple.
		The edge was built from stones which the Menehune transported across a distance of 25 miles/40km by standing in a line and passing them from hand to hand.
		The Menehune, legendary builders of temples and fish ponds, are seen as the original inhabitants of Hawaii.
	www.planetware.com /lihue/menehune-alekoko-fish-pond-us-hi-km.htm (477 words)

	Menehune madness :: Honolulu Weekly
		These are keiki of the next generation, saltwater in their veins, stoke passed down from their parents, who, at least for this contest, are proud spectators on the beach.
		Although this division is reserved for girls and boys 4 to 6 years old, there are always an impressive number of keiki in the same age group who paddle out and catch waves on their own.
		Menehune graduate Jack Johnson, who was featured on the 2005 contest tee, stopped by last year to sign autographs and hand out trophies.
	honoluluweekly.com /entertainment/2006/10/menehune-madness (532 words)

	KGMB9 - Hawaii's Severe Weather Station \| Local News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aletha Kaohi traces her family history back to the menehune - not the magical elf version, but the ones her father told her about growing up on a taro farm in Waimea.
		The so-called menehune may have simply been early working class Hawaiians renowned for their building skills, not disappearing dwarfs.
		In 1927, the menehune's new image was solidified when Hofgaard wrote a paper for the historical society detailing their small size and feats of strength.
	kgmb9.com /kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=9661&sid=1183 (670 words)

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		At dawn all work must stop for that is the menehune law, and a job must be finished in a single night.
		The menehune gathered in an excited group, and soon agreed that they were going to kill the shark.
		The shark was killed, but the menehune never again swam in that bay.
	library.thinkquest.org /5191/menehune.htm (275 words)

	Island Breath: Kauai Legends - Menehune Fishpond (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mount Haupu is in the distance to the SW by Uncle Louis Almadova Jr.
		The Menehune caught the pair, and they were automatically turned to rock.
		After this incident, the chief of the Menehune gathered his people together, and they moved to the north side of the island, by the dry cave.
	homepage.mac.com /juanwilson/islandbreath/10-culture/culture11Menehune.html (226 words)

	Outcast Earth: Kaua'i, Hawai'i
		Kauai is also said to be the first island inhabited by the mysterious menehune, a race of "little people" known for their nocturnal nature and ingenious constructions.
		The Menehune on Kaua'i: The island was once thought to have a population in excess of 50,000 menehune who were well-established there by the time the larger and more aggressive Polynesians arrived.
		The menehune presence was still on Kaua’i as late as the early-19th century when a handful of Kaua’ians living in a remote valley identified themselves as menehune.
	www.outcastearth.com /kauai.htm (1932 words)

	Menehune
		In Polynesian mythology, the Menehune are similar to elves or fairies.
		The chiefs of the Menehune are called Alii Menehune.
		Since the term Menehune is also used to describe the original settlers of Hawaii while Manahune is used to describe the original settlers of Tahiti, scholars have theorized that the legendary Menehune might be based on the historical Marquesans, the first seafaring Polynesians.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/me/menehune.html (234 words)

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		, the Menehune are said to be a race of men, sometimes described as pygmies, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian islands, far from the eyes of normal men.
		The Menehune were said to be superb craftsmen.
		It is said that, if you look closely, you can see the tiny Menehune at the controls of their magical aircraft.
	menehunerotorworks.com /index.html (188 words)

	Menehune
		It is notable that an 1820 census of Kaua'i by Kamuali'i, ruling ali'i of that island, found that 65 persons among the 2000 recorded claimed to be Menehune themselves.
		The most likely theory, however, is that the legends of the Menehune are a post-European contact mythology created by adaption of the term manahune (which by the time of the settling of the Hawai'ian Islands had acquired a meaning of "lowly people") to European legends of brownies (Luomala 1951).
		In the experimental 1970s Aloha network developed at the University of Hawaii, the packet controllers were called Menehune, a pun on the equivalent IMP (Interface Message Processor) in the early ARPAnet.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Menehune.php (556 words)

	menehune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By then the moon, they watched the little people, lined up in a double row as far as they could see, passing rocks from hand to hand to workers at the dam.
		But they watched a little too long and were discovered by the menehune, who turned them into the twin pillars of stone you see on the mountainside above.
		Having used up their time, the menehune had to leave two gaps in the wall.
	cosee-central-gom.org /ovweb/aloha/menehune.html (425 words)

	Kauai's Menehune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Alekoko Fishpond and the Menehune Ditch, a aquaduct that funnels water for irrigation from the Waimea River, were both attributed to their over night efforts.
		Today, scholars spectulate that the menehune may not have been an imaginary race at all, but rather the decendants of the first wave of settlers who came to Hawaii from the Marquesas sometime around the sixth century.
		Whatever their origins, the menehune have emerged from the past as playful elves two or three feet tall, pot-bellied, hairy, and muscular, with bushy eyebrows over large eyes and a short nose with a trace of the mischievousness of their European counterparts.
	www.europa.com /~edge/mene.html (325 words)

	RentMauiCondos.com - Menehune Shores
		The larger unit, #620 Menehune Shores, is an oceanfront two bedroom penthouse, which is 900 square feet and has two baths.
		The grounds at Menehune Shores are well kept and include roof BBQ’s and a swimming pool.
		There is a restaurant on the first floor of Menehune Shores and sea-side dining is served daily.
	www.rentmauicondos.com /menehune.html (239 words)

	Cryptomundo.com » Menehune Today
		The Menehune of Hawaii directly relate to the reports of the Hobbits of Flores, Indonesia (cover and pages xvi-xvii), and the Nittaewo of Ceylon/Sri Lanka (pages 128-129).
		Maybe at one time the Menehune had the technology to build boats and abandoned it as part of an effort to avoid detection.
		Further news on the Philippines’; equivalent of the menehune, and the dwende.
	www.cryptomundo.com /cryptozoo-news/menehune (2229 words)

	Menehune - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Hawaiian mythology, the menehune are said to be a race of men, sometimes described as pygmies, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian islands, far from the eyes of normal men.
		The Tahitian settlers oppressed the "commoners", the manahune in the Tahitian language, who fled to the mountains and were called menahune.
		Folklorist Katherine Luomala believes that the legends of the Menehune are a post-European contact mythology created by adaption of the term manahune (which by the time of the settling of the Hawaiian Islands had acquired a meaning of "lowly people") to European legends of brownies (Luomala 1951).
	www.recipeland.com:8080 /facts/Menehune (338 words)

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