Hawaiian legends of volcanoes
by W. D. Westervelt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake), 1849-1939
- Title
- Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) Collected and translated from the Hawaiian
- 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
- Volcanoes -- Hawaii
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66516
- Release Date
- October 11, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.FOREWORD
- 3.PRONUNCIATION
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
- 7.LEGENDS
- 8.AI-LAAU, THE FOREST EATER
- 9.HOW PELE CAME TO HAWAII
- 10.PELE AND THE OWL GHOST-GOD
- 11.Na Puu o Pele
- 12.Kumu-kahi — Papa-lau-ahi — Ke-lii-kuku — Ka-pa-pala
- 13.PELE’S TREE
- 14.PELE AND KAHA-WALI
- 15.PELE AND KAMA-PUAA
- 16.PELE AND THE SNOW-GODDESS
- 17.GENEALOGY OF THE PELE FAMILY
- 18.PELE’S LONG SLEEP
- 19.HOPOE, THE DANCING STONE
- 20.HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH DEMONS
- 21.HOW HIIAKA FOUND WAHINE-OMAO
- 22.HIIAKA CATCHING A GHOST
- 23.HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS — Makaukiu — Mahiki — Pili and Noho — Moo-lau
- 24.LOHIAU
- 25.THE ANNIHILATION OF KEOUA’S ARMY
- 26.DESTRUCTION OF KAMEHAMEHA’S FISH-PONDS
- 27.KAPIOLANI AND PELE
- 28.KAPIOLANI. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
- 29.GEOLOGICAL FACTS
- 30.THE CRACK IN THE FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC
- 31.HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES
- 32.VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
- 33.CHANGES IN KILAUEA CRATER
- 34.FOUNDATION OF THE OBSERVATORY
- 35.PARTIAL LIST HAWAIIAN TERMS USED
- 36.POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE
- 37.PRESS NOTICES HAWAIIAN LEGENDS
- 38.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections
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