Comments on: Colors of Hawaii: Maui’s Velvet Green Iao Needle http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/08/29/colors-of-hawaii-mauis-velvet-green-iao-needle/ Hawaii Travel Guide & Vacation Advice Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:02:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/08/29/colors-of-hawaii-mauis-velvet-green-iao-needle/comment-page-1/#comment-9234 sheila Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=1082#comment-9234 Hi David - How neat that someone told you that legend! Hi David – How neat that someone told you that legend!

]]> By: David http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/08/29/colors-of-hawaii-mauis-velvet-green-iao-needle/comment-page-1/#comment-9094 David Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:44 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=1082#comment-9094 Beautiful shot. I was standing on the bridge just to the left of where the picture was taken when a local man pointed out an owl circling near the needle. He then told me the story of pueo, the protector owl. With credit to www.coffeetimes.com/mar98 the story goes... It is said that Hina, the mother of the god Maui, gave birth to a second child, in the form of the pueo. Later, when the brave Maui was taken as prisoner by enemies and held for sacrifice, brother owl rescued him and led him to safety. David Beautiful shot. I was standing on the bridge just to the left of where the picture was taken when a local man pointed out an owl circling near the needle. He then told me the story of pueo, the protector owl.

With credit to http://www.coffeetimes.com/mar98 the story goes…

It is said that Hina, the mother of the god Maui, gave birth to a second child, in the form of the pueo. Later, when the brave Maui was taken as prisoner by enemies and held for sacrifice, brother owl rescued him and led him to safety.

David

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