Leina Kauhane (meaning "leaping place of ghosts") is white rock located approximately offshore on the northwest area of the Hawaiian island

Oahu Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...

. It is noted in

Hawaiian folklore Folklore in Hawaii in modern times is a mixture of various aspects of Hawaiian mythology and various urban legends that have been passed on regarding various places in the Hawaiian islands. The following is a partial list of some of these legends. ...

as the point where souls of the dead journey into the afterlife (

Lua-o-Milu In Hawaiian religion, Lua-o-Milu is the land of the dead, ruled by Milu. Entrance to Lua-o-Milu is from the top of a valley wall or sea cliff where the soul departs via a tree. It is reported that each Hawaiian island has at least one leaping plac ...

) and overlooks the ocean. The term Rienga (lit., "the leaping place") is used in New Zealand and is considered to parallel this concept. Suitably, within their belief system, the Marquesans applied it to the northernmost island of their region as well.

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