Hawaii Island Hotels

Hawaii Island Hotels Explores The Folklore of The Archipelago

Steeped in culture, there are many myths and urban legends that make up the lore of Hawaii. For the traveler fascinated by parables, your exploration of Hawaii’s folklore begins with your stay in the Hawaii island hotels. Here are two legends, but there are many more to discover.

Hawaii Island Hotels Keep You Safe from the Night Marchers

Roaming the chain of the Hawaiian islands are the souls of the ancient warriors carrying torches, dubbed as the Night Marchers. As the tale goes, once a person of the living looks a Night Marcher in the eye, they are forced to walk among this group for an eternity. However, if a relative goes in your place, you will be spared this sentence. To survive an encounter with a Night Marcher, Hawaiians advise to lay face down in order to avoid eye contact, don’t move, and breathe shallowly... or stay in one of the Hawaii island hotels and sleep safely and far from the clutches of the incendiary clan.

The Legend of The King of Sharks

The fable goes that the King of Sharks fell in love with a swimming maiden and to win her heart he transformed himself into a man. Following her to her village, he was received with a luau and an evening of games to which he won each one. Delighted by The King of Sharks, the maiden was eager to accept his proposal of marriage and soon they had a son.

Don’t be a Nanave, Charter a Boat!

This child was born with a mark on his back and The King of Sharks made her promise that the child would always wear a feathered cloak. He often swam in the ocean, his mother observing a shark beneath the water. Her son, Nanave, often asked the fisherman where they would fish. Nanave would swim deep into the ocean and the fisherman caught fewer and fewer fish. The village began to starve. One day they discovered who Nanave was and chased him from the village to the Ocean throwing rocks in after him. From this day forward, it is said that the fisherman never reveal where they will be fishing for fear the sharks will appear and chase the fish away. When you stay at the Hawaii Island Hotels, you can charter a boat for your fishing and learn more about the local legends.