Case file · Folklore / legend
Kaʻena Point, a leina of souls
Hawaiian tradition names Kaʻena Point, the western tip of Oʻahu, as a leina a ka ʻuhane, a place where souls of the dead leap into the next world; the date is that of 19th-century Hawaiian-language writings.
1866 CE · 21.57, -158.28 · status: legend
The account
A stone, Pōhaku o Kauaʻi, is said to have been pulled across from Kauaʻi by the demigod Māui. Each island had such leaping places, often on westward headlands.
The sceptical view
A sacred tradition rather than a testable claim; it parallels leaping places in Aotearoa and Samoa.