Mai ka wā kahiko, makaʻu ka poʻe i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa, ma muli o ko lākou helehelena ʻē a me ke ʻano o ka pō, manaʻo ʻia e ʻai lākou i ke koko o ke kanaka, ma nā ʻāina he nui i mālama ʻia nā kaʻao mystical kahiko e pili ana i kēia mau holoholona ʻano ʻē.
ʻO kahi laʻana, ma Polani, ua kuʻi ʻia kahi ʻiole me nā mākia i ka hale lio i mea e mālama ai i kāna holoholona, manaʻo ʻia he pale ʻia ka maka ʻino. Aia kekahi mau kaʻao e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻohui o ka diabolō me kahi ʻōpeʻapeʻa a hāʻawi iā ia me ka mana mystical. ʻOiai, ma kahi laʻana, i ka wā kahiko ua manaʻo ʻia hiki i nā mea mystical e like me nā vampires ke hoʻololi i kahi ʻōpeʻapeʻa.
Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa ʻeleʻele, ʻoiai ke ʻano o kona kala i ka pō a me ka make. He aha ka mea e hiki ai ke ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka ʻōpeʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, kahi e kū pono ai i ka manaʻo, ʻoiai kona kala e hōʻailona ana i ka maluhia a me ka hauʻoli. No laila, no ka laʻana, i ka Indians Hema ʻAmelika ʻo ia ka ʻōpeʻa keʻokeʻo i manaʻo ʻia he holoholona laʻa a mahalo ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻano hiki.
Noho nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā tropika i nā ana nui i nā ʻohana nui. Makaʻu nā kipa mākaʻikaʻi no nā kenekulia he kipa e kipa i kēia mau ana, no ka mea, ma laila, no ka nui o nā ala e noho ai nāʻiole, hana ʻia kahi echo a pā ka makani, kahi e ulu ai nā "uwau" weliweli. ʻO ka poʻe kamaʻāina kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā Indians, ʻike lākou ʻaʻohe o lākou mea e makaʻu ai, a hoʻouna aku i nā koa i wae ʻia e ka shaman ʻohana i nā ana. ʻO ke koa i hoʻi mai, a lawe pū mai me ia ke guano kapu o ka ʻiole, ua manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi. Hana ʻia nā mea hoʻomomona mai guano a hoʻohana ʻia no ka meaʻai. Pēlā nō, i kēia manawa i nā ʻohana e ola nei, ua manaʻo ʻia ka peʻa keʻokeʻo he laʻa.
