He aha ke ʻano o ka porcupine ma ʻApelika. Encyclopedia of symbols

Porcupine: mana pale

He liʻiliʻi ka porcupine, akā mākaukau mau i waho no ka pale. Hōʻike pinepine nā moʻolelo o ʻApelika hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i kāna mau kākalaioa e like me nā pua ahi e pōʻino i nā kānaka, no laila ʻaʻole i ʻaʻa ka poʻe ʻApelika e hahai i kēia holoholona. I ka honua o ka hōʻailona, ​​pili pinepine ia me nā hanana koa a me nā koa. Ma waena o ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei i ka ʻōlelo Akan, he nui nā ʻōlelo ʻōlelo e pili ana i kēia.

Eia kekahi laʻana: "ʻO nā koa Ashanti, e like me nā pua puaʻa, ulu i nā tausani inā make nā tausani." A i ʻole: "ʻO wai ka mea makaʻu ʻole e hopu i ka puaʻa, i pale ʻia e nā kākalaioa he nui."

No ka mea ʻaʻole lawa kēia holoholona a hoʻohana i kona mau kākalaioa no ka pale wale ʻana, hōʻailona ia i ka mana pale.

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu