Lua-o-Milu

In Hawaiian religion, Lua-o-Milu is the land of the dead, ruled by Milu. Entrance to Lua-o-Milu is from the top of a valley wall or sea cliff where the soul departs via a tree. It is reported that each Hawaiian island has at least one leaping place.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqElGaH4DiIC&q=Lua-o-Milu&pg=PA155|title=Hawaiian Mythology|last=Beckwith|first=Martha Warren|date=1976|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=9780824805142|language=en}} According to natives of the land, the entrance located in Waipio Valley has since been covered in sand and is now hidden from the sight of upper areas.{{cite book |last=Thrum |first=Thomas |title=Hawaiian Folk Tales |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hft/hft08.htm |publisher=A. C. McClurg |year=1907 |page=12}} Another documented area where souls enter the next world is Leina Kauhane.{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Robert |title=Hiking Oahu, the Capital Isle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWi1AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1980 |page=108|isbn=9780899970066 }} The spirits of the dead can watch what the living do and turn them to stone by staring at them.

See also

  • Nightmarchers, Hawaiian spirits of warriors that instantly kill anyone who sees them, unless they are the warrior's descendants.

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Category:Afterlife places

Category:Hawaiian mythology

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