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Overview

Westervelt’s short appendix notice places Ala-muki in deep pools of the Waialua River near Ka-mo-o-loa. It connects the place name with the moʻo’s long journeys over the Waialua plains.

She and her descendants guard pathways and sometimes destroy travelers.

River and path-guarding moʻoPlace-linked narrative
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Origins & earliest records

William Drake Westervelt, Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Boston: Geo. H. Ellis; London: Constable, 1915), Appendix: The Dragon Ghost-Gods. Unnamed local narrator; older authorities only directly read through this publication.

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Records & interpretation

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Selected bibliography

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    Legends of Gods and Ghosts, Appendix: The Dragon Ghost-Gods, pp. 258

    William Drake Westervelt, collector and translator · 1915

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  1. Primary collected narrativeLegends of Gods and Ghosts, Appendix: The Dragon Ghost-Gods, pp. 258Research access: 2026-10-05

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