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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

 

FOREWORD

ix

 

INTRODUCTION

xii

 

PART I--LEGENDS

 

I.

THE GHOST OF WAHAULA TEMPLE

1

II.

MALUAE AND THE UNDER-WORLD

14

III.

A GIANT'S ROCK-THROWING

21

IV.

KALO-EKE-EKE, THE TIMID TARO

26

V.

LEGENDARY CANOE-MAKING

29

VI.

LAU-KA-IEIE

36

VII.

KAUHUHU, THE SHARK-GOD OF MOLOKAI,

49

VIII.

THE SHARK-MAN OF WAIPIO VALLEY

59

IX.

THE STRANGE BANANA SKIN

66

X.

THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

74

XI.

HAWAIIAN GHOST TESTING

84

XII.

HOW MILU BECAME THE KING OF GHOSTS

94

XIII.

A VISIT TO THE KING OF GHOSTS

100

XIV.

KALAI-PAHOA, THE POISON-GOD

108

XV.

KE-AO-MELE-MELE, THE MAID OF THE GOLDEN CLOUD

116

XVI.

PUNA AND THE DRAGON

152

XVII.

KE-AU-NINI

163

XVIII.

THE BRIDE FROM THE UNDER-WORLD

224

 

PART II.--DESCRIPTION

 

 

THE DECEIVING OF KEWA

241

 

HOMELESS AND DESOLATE GHOSTS

245

 

AUMAKUAS, OR ANCESTOR GHOST-GODS

249

 

THE DRAGON GHOST-GODS

256

 

HOME OF THE ANCESTORS

260

 

APPENDIX:

 

 

Honolulu Aquarium--Meles

 

 

Bishop Museum--Hula

 

 

Polynesian Language

 

 

Partial List of Hawaiian Names

 

 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

{illustrations omitted from etext}

KE-ALOHI-LANI

Frontispiece

 

OPPOSITE PAGE

IMAGES OF GODS AT THE HEIAU

12

FROM A TARO PATCH

28

THE GNARLÈD KOA

34

THE FRUIT OF THE HALA

42

KUKUI-TREES, IAO VALLEY, MT. EEKE

50

A TRUSTY FISHERMAN

64

THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

74

THE VALLEY AT HANALEI, KAUAI

94

THE MISTY PALI, NUUANU

120

DANCING THE HULA

140

BREADFRUIT-TREES

160

A YOUNG CHIEF OF HAWAII

188

THE HOME OF TUE DRAGONS NEAR HILO

198

COCONUTS

222

THE HOME OF KEWALU

230

KEWA, A MAORI GIRL

240

HAWAIIAN FISH

 

 

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