Leina Kauhane (meaning "leaping place of ghosts") is white rock located approximately 0.4 mi (0.64 km) offshore[1] on the northwest area of the Hawaiian island Oahu. It is noted in Hawaiian folklore as the point where souls of the dead journey into the afterlife (Lua-o-Milu) and overlooks the ocean. The term Rienga (lit., "the leaping place") is used in New Zealand and is considered to parallel this concept. Suitably, within their belief system, the Marquesans applied it to the northernmost island of their region as well.[2][3]
- ^ Smith, Robert (1980). Hiking Oahu, the Capital Isle. Wilderness Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780899970066.
- ^ Percy Smith; M. Fraser; W. L. Newman; W. H. Skinner; W. Kerr; F. P. Corkill (1902). ""The Leina-Kauhane" in Hawaii". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 11. Polynesian Society: 192.
- ^ Thrum, Thomas (1907). Hawaiian Folk Tales. A. C. McClurg. p. 13.