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LEGENDS OF GODS AND GHOSTS (HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY)

Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian

by

W. D. WESTERVELT

Author of "Legends of Old Honolulu" and "Maui, a Demi-God of Polynesia"

Boston, U.S.A. Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co. London Constable & Co., Ltd. 10 Orange St., Leicester Sq., W.C. 1915

Copyright, 1915, by William Drake Westervelt Honolulu, H.T.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
INTRODUCTION v
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
APPENDIX:
The Deceiving of Kewa 241
Homeless and Desolate Ghosts 245
Aumakuas, or Ancestor-ghosts 248
The Dragon Ghost-gods 255
Chas. R. Bishop 259
Partial List of Hawaiian Terms 260
Press Notices 264

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

KE-ALOHI-LANI Frontispiece
OPPOSITE PAGE
IMAGES OF GODS AT THE HEIAU 12
FROM A TARO PATCH 28
KUKUI-TREES, IAO VALLEY, MT. EEKE 50
A TRUSTY FISHERMAN 64
THE MISTY PALI, NUUANU 120
DANCING THE HULA 140
BREADFRUIT-TREES 160
A YOUNG CHIEF OF HAWAII 188
THE HOME OF THE DRAGONS NEAR HILO 198
COCOANUTS 222
THE HOME OF KEWALU 230
FISH PLATES IN COLOR

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PRONUNCIATION

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Readers will have little difficulty in pronouncing names if they remember _two_ rules:--

1. No syllable ends in a consonant, _e.g._, Ho-no-lu-lu, not Hon-o-lulu.

2. Give vowels the German sound rather than the English, _e.g._, "e" equals "a," and "i" equals "e," and "a" is sounded like "a" in "father."