Editing Kamapuaʻa (section)

==Mythology==
In [[Maui]] the ''kukui'' is a symbol of enlightenment, protection and peace. It was said that Kamapua'a could transform into a ''[[Aleurites moluccanus|kukui]]'' tree.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAWebiC2gasC&pg=PA16 |first=Nancy Alpert |last=Mower |chapter=Kamapuaʻa: A Hawaiian Trickster |title=Trickster Lives: Culture and Myth in American Fiction |publisher=University of Georgia Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-8203-2277-3 |editor=Jeanne Campbell Reesman |page=16}}</ref> One of the legends told of Kamapua'a: one day, a man beat his wife to death and buried her beneath Kamapua'a while he was in tree form. Because he saw that the woman had been a good person, he raised her to new life, but damned her husband to death.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}
One well known myth involves Olopana and some birds.  Being the Trickster that he was, one day Kamapua’a stole some chickens from Olopana, who was enraged at the theft.  Olopana sent his warriors after Kamapua’a, who, along with his own followers, fought back, until it became clear they could not win.  Kamapua’a took his followers and fled until they came up against a [[Sacred Falls State Park|waterfall]] where they were  cornered.  It was at this time that Kamapua’a transformed into a hog which his followers used to climb to the next level of the falls and to freedom.  His pig-form dammed up the water of Kaliuwa‘a where they were.  Olopana's men pursued.  As they trekked up Kaliuwa‘a, Kamapua‘a released the water killing all but Olopana.  Olopana flees to Wai‘anae where he ultimately loses to Kamapua‘a.