Editing Kupua (section)

==Famous kupua in Hawaiian legends==
Mamala the surf-rider was a chieftess of kupua character. She might appear as a shark, a lizard, or a woman. Her surfing skills were so impressive that people would gather on the beach to applaud her performance. She was married to the shark-man Ouha, but later left him for a chief named Hono-kau-pu.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VII. Mamala the Surf-Rider|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hloh/hloh11.htm|access-date=2020-09-22|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref>

In an old [[Honolulu]] legend, a kupua, who is a dog-man, overthrows the government of Kahanai and becomes the ruling power between [[Nuʻuanu Pali|Nuuanu Valley]] and the sea. He is a [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]], and many of the people are killed and eaten by him. He can appear at will either as a man or a dog.

In [[Maui]], the king once had a kupua, a [[rooster]], which was very cruel and destructive. He could assume a different bird form for each magic power he possessed. This, with his miraculous human powers, made him superior to all the roosters which had ever been his antagonists in [[cock-fighting]].

In [[Kauai]], Akua-pehu-ale (god-of-the-swollen-billow) was a kupua who devoured his enemies and was greatly feared and hated even by his own tribe.

In the legend of the [[bread-fruit]] tree, [[Rangi and Papa|Papa]], one of the ancestors of the people living in all the islands now known as [[Polynesia]], is described as a kupua. Her daughter Kap-ula-kinau also has kupua, or magic power.

Other Hawaiian kupua mentioned in the mythology include the famous tricksters [[Māui (Hawaiian mythology)|Māui]] and [[Kamapua'a]], [[Iwa (mythology)|Iwa]], [[Ono (mythology)|Ono]], and [[Pekoi]], amongst others.