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According to the Hawaiian-English dictionaries, this is the definition o this type of rainbow:

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Pukui/Elbert:      n., Cut off or unfinished road, dead-end road. Figuratively, an incomplete rainbow, rainbow fragment

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Unverified Photos:  These photos demonstrate this type of rainbow based on the authorʻs understanding of the dictionary definitions, context within some Hawaiian legends, newspaper articles, and Hawaiian language recordings.  They are not definitive.

Signs and omens

Photo by: Mikhail Dudarev | Dreamstime.com

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This type of beautiful rainbow is often seen in Hawaiʻi.  It can be a sign or omen for a variety of things as described below:

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According to the legends  This type of rainbow appears on 1 different occasions in the 4 legends analyzed in this study.  It represents 1 different signs/omens as shown in the table to the right.

When does it appear

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According to a story that was published in a Hawiian language newspaper, The ala muku is a path for an akua.  like this:

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Yes;  when you see the rainbow that is laying down on top of the cliff and binding below to the sacred spring water of our provider;  then, it is a foot of a rainbow belonging to the god of the path of Kane.  As for the rainbow name in my earthly realm, it is a standing red garland.  And therefore, the one that rainbow path that you saw belongs to is a demigod.  As for the rainbow that you saw; you did not see a human body.  That is a true thing; since a certain one belongs to the foot that trampled on the plant leafs.

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