At the gateways of the day

About this eBook

Author

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

Original Publication

United States: The Hawaiian Legend & Folklore Commission,1924.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Legends -- Hawaii

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69724

Release Date

January 6, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Table of Contents.
3. 3.List of Illustrations.
4. 4.Helps to Pronunciation.
5. 5.Introduction.
6. 6.The Boy Pu-nia and the King of the Sharks.
7. 7.The Seven Great Deeds of Ma-ui. — How Ma-ui won a place for himself in the House. — How Ma-ui lifted up the Sky. — How Ma-ui fished up the Great Island. — How Ma-ui snared the Sun and made Him go more slowly across the Heavens. — How Ma-ui won fire for Men. — How Ma-ui overcame Kuna Loa the Long Eel. — The Search that Ma-ui’s Brother made for his Sister Hina-of-the-Sea. — How Ma-ui strove to win Immortality for Men.
8. 8.Au-ke-le the Seeker.
9. 9.Pi-ko-i: The Boy Who Was Good at Shooting Arrows.
10. 10.Paka: The Boy Who Was Reared in the Land that the Gods Have Since Hidden.
11. 11.The Story of Ha-le-ma-no and the Princess Kama.
12. 12.The Arrow and the Swing.
13. 13.The Daughter of the King of Ku-ai-he-lani.
14. 14.The Fish-Hook of Pearl.
15. 15.The Story of Kana, the Youth Who Could Stretch Himself Upwards.
16. 16.The Me-ne-hu-ne.
17. 17.The Story of Mo-e Mo-e: Also a Story about Po-o and about Kau-hu-hu the Shark-God, and about Mo-e Mo-e’s Son, the Man Who Was Bold in His Wish.
18. 18.The Woman from Lalo-hana, the Country under the Sea.
19. 19.Hina, the Woman in the Moon.
20. 20.Notes. — THE BOY PU-NIA AND THE KING OF THE SHARKS — THE SEVEN GREAT DEEDS OF MA-UI — AU-KE-LE THE SEEKER — PI-KO-I: THE BOY WHO WAS GOOD AT SHOOTING ARROWS — PAKA: THE BOY WHO WAS REARED IN THE LAND THAT THE GODS HAVE SINCE HIDDEN — THE STORY OF HA-LE-MA-NO AND THE PRINCESS KAMA — THE ARROW AND THE SWING — THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF KU-AI-HE-LANI — THE FISH-HOOK OF PEARL — THE STORY OF KANA, THE YOUTH WHO COULD STRETCH HIMSELF UPWARDS — THE ME-NE-HU-NE — THE STORY OF MO-E MO-E: ALSO A STORY ABOUT PO-O AND ABOUT KAU-HU-HU THE SHARK-GOD, AND ABOUT MO-E MO-E’S SON, THE MAN WHO WAS BOLD IN HIS WISH — THE WOMAN FROM LALO-HANA, THE COUNTRY UNDER THE SEA — HINA, THE WOMAN IN THE MOON
21. 21.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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