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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:24:17 GMT -5
These notes were all on Magikus before this site.
...The folklore of many nations around the world include stories of magical little people. The most famous of course, are the leprechauns of Ireland. In Hawaii, it is the mischievous Menehune who are said to haunt the deep forests or the mountains of Pu'ukapele ("Hills of Pele"). They come out mostly at night to play tricks on people, or to serve them if they feel that way inclined.
...The creatures are said to be about two feet high, although some have been seen as small as six inches, capable of fitting in the palm of someone's hand. They are always naked, but the long straight hair that falls to their knees keeps them warm and discreet. Apparently no two of them are the same, and they can be so moody as to be malicious and dangerous one day, and simply harmless the next. But they are always tricky, and therefore should be avoided, unless a special favor is absolutely needed of them.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:24:52 GMT -5
...In the old times, some Hawaiians married Menehune girls, who were said to be quite fair, but needed to be shown how to make a fire and eat cooked food, because their own diet consisted only of starchy raw vegetables. The services of Menehune expert builders and craftsmen can be requested. This is especially so, if you can trace your family tree back to one of them. They then act like benevolent godparents. Many a major project, such as the preparation of a wedding feast, has been completed in a single night by the super strong little gods, while all humans slept.
...Menehune are afraid of owls. On the island of Kauai, the Menehune sometimes sneak in among the people there and pull too many tricks. That is when the owl god of Paupueo (owl hill) summons all the owls of Kauai to chase the Menehune back into the forest.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:25:08 GMT -5
...The little ones are fond of dancing, and singing, and of sports, such as shooting arrows. Sometimes they use magic arrows, to pierce the heart of angry persons, and make them feel love instead. They also truly enjoy diving off cliffs into the surf. If you hear splashes in the night at Kaanapali, it is possibly a Menehune diving off Black Rock! But you would have to move impossibly quick to ever see one.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:25:26 GMT -5
...Kaua'i's mythical Menehune were a very clever and industrious tribe. They had a reputation as master builders, but for some reason worked only at night under the glow of the moon. If they could not finish a given task in a single night, they abandoned it forever. Fortunately, this occurred only rarely.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:25:46 GMT -5
...Hawaii's Menehune appeared to require no sleep as they would work during the evening, and make merry during the day, although some Hawaiian men who took Menehune women as their wives would occasionally notice them sleeping on the surface of ponds.
... Although small, Menehune could change their size to match that of a human's during the day when they weren't cliff diving, or eating. However during the night they shrank back to their diminutive size until the sun once again rose to greet them.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:26:13 GMT -5
...Menehune would often have to be taught to cook as they only ever ate raw vegetables and roots before entering human society, if ever they desired to marry human folk. However they would always be capable of making elaborate dinners for their husbands as they were fast learners and easily succeeded at tasks normally impossible for humans to do.
...Despite their minuscule size, the Menehune ate considerably more than that of the average human. Menehune required at least thrice that of a human due to their incredible strength and hardworking bodies.
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Post by Tankou on Oct 28, 2007 15:26:58 GMT -5
This is all I could find on Menehune, and I believe it should be sufficient to make a charrie shall I ever make my 4th charrie, who's name will be Kanoa Keokolo.
His basic powers will be like a leprechaun's. A group of Menehune powers, and one specific, and unique power.
Menehune powers will include:
* Super strong... Though only to the power of a small work force (A team of about ten carpenters, let's say)
* Is subject to giving favors to people at times, as is tradition for Menehune.
* Makes magic arrows that make people feel happiness, and love as opposed to hate, and anger.
* Only falls asleep when he chooses to, and only on the surfaces of unmoviving bodies of water (Lakes, ponds, etc.)
* Can build anything in the course of one night, but must do so only at night. If he doesn't finish it for some reason then he cannot return to it, and must start a new project the next night.
* Can change to human size during the day, but shrinks back when the sun sets.
* Must eat thrice as much as a human to survive due to a high metabolism.
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