Lono and the Magical Land Beneath the Sea

Lono and the Magical Land Beneath the SeaJoin Lono, a Hawaiian fisherman, as he discovers an enchanted land beneath the ocean waves that is filled with abundant food plants. There, Lono gains the knowledge to grow them for the people of his island home. This story is based on Mary Kawena Pukuis translation of Moolelo Kahiko no Kumuhonua, found in the Bishop Museum Archives. Adapted and illustrated by Caren Keala Loebel Fried Date of Publication: 2006 Size: 9. 75 x 11. 25 in. Pages: 26

She accounts for the sacred nature of hula pahu by placing its origin in ritual worship of the “state gods” of the Hawaiian religion

carrying groceries

and hoʻoponopono (counseling)

Date of Publication: September 7

stopping along the way to tell tales associated with various sites

Evenhuis and Lucius G

The piece is in the Bishop Museum Archives art collection

000 pages in nearly 100 different newspapers with their writings

Earl Bishop

increasing domination of the kingdom by foreign powers

Written by Janice Crowl

and continued throughout her long and honored career as a translator and collector of historic Hawaiian materials and as a teacher and lecturer on the language