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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends

Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends

by Thomas G. Thrum

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Editor
Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1842-1932
Title
Hawaiian folk tales : a collection of native legends
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Legends -- Hawaii
Category
Text
eBook-No.
18450
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18450
Release Date
May 25, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Hawaiian Folk Tales — A Collection of Native Legends
  2. 2.With sixteen illustrations from photographs Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1907
  3. 3.Preface
  4. 4.Note
  5. 5.Contents
  6. 6.Illustrations
  7. 7.Legends Resembling Old Testament History
  8. 8.Exploits of Maui — I.—Snaring the Sun — II.—The Origin of Fire
  9. 9.Pele and the Deluge
  10. 10.Pele and Kahawali
  11. 11.Hiku and Kawelu — Location of the Lua o Milu
  12. 12.Lonopuha; Or, Origin of the Art of Healing in Hawaii
  13. 13.A Visit to the Spirit Land; Or, The Strange Experience of a Woman in Kona, Hawaii
  14. 14.Kapeepeekauila; Or, The Rocks of Kana
  15. 15.Kalelealuaka — Part I — Part II — Part III
  16. 16.Hawaii the Original Home of the Brownies — Moke Manu’s Account — Pi’s Watercourse — Laka’s Adventure — Kekupua’s Canoe — As Heiau Builders
  17. 17.Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa
  18. 18.The Punahou Spring
  19. 19.Oahunui
  20. 20.A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak
  21. 21.A Legend of Lanai
  22. 22.A Legend of Lanai
  23. 23.A Legend of Molokai
  24. 24.Scene of the Demigod Kamapuaa’s Escape from Olopana
  25. 25.Battle of the Owls
  26. 26.Traditional Account of an Ancient Hawaiian Prophecy
  27. 27.Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii
  28. 28.Part II of the Legend of Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii
  29. 29.A Legend of Waialua
  30. 30.The Shark-Man, Nanaue
  31. 31.Fish Stories and Superstitions — Deified Fish Superstition — Story of the Anae-holo — Myth of the Hilu — The Hou, or Snoring Fish
  32. 32.Glossary of Hawaiian Words
  33. 33.Hawaiian Yesterdays

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