Ka Poʻe Moʻo Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities

Ka Poʻe Moʻo Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water DeitiesMarie Alohalani Brown Tradition holds that when you come across a body of fresh water in a secluded area and everything is eerily still, the plants are yellowed, and the water covered with a greenish yellow froth, you have stumbled across the home of a moo. Leave quickly lest the moo make itself known to you! Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination and into prominent places in

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