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Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)
Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology), by W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

Title: Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)

Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian

Author: W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

Release Date: March 18, 2012 [eBook #39195]

Language: English

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KE-ALOHI-LANIKE-ALOHI-LANI

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

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