Legends of Old Honolulu (Mythology) / Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian
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About This Book
Originally published in 1915, this book provides an abundance of legends of the struggles, the triumphs, and the wanderings of the people, of their thoughts, their aspirations; in short, they give us a twilight history of the race. As soon as the Hawaiian alphabet was prepared, in 1821, native writers began delving into their past, finding there a treasure-mine of romantic stories and of valuable ethnological and historical facts in regard to the Polynesian race. These stories were written originally in Hawaiian, for native newspapers, and have been collected and translated by the author, W. D...
Chapters (50)(click to expand)
- FOREWORD
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PRONUNCIATION
- I THE MIGRATION OF THE HAWAIIANS
- II LEGENDARY PLACES IN HONOLULU
- III THE GOD OF PAKAKA TEMPLE
- IV LEGEND OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE
- V THE GODS WHO FOUND WATER
- VI THE WATER OF LIFE OF KA-NE A Legend of Old Hawaii
- VII MAMALA THE SURF-RIDER
- VIII A SHARK PUNISHED AT WAIKIKI
- IX THE LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF KAPA
- X CREATION OF MAN The Kamakau Legend
- XI THE CHIEF WITH THE WONDERFUL SERVANTS1
- XII THE GREAT DOG KU Ku-ilio-loa
- XIII THE CANNIBAL DOG-MAN
- XIV THE CANOE OF THE DRAGON
- XV THE WONDERFUL SHELL
- XVI THE GHOST DANCE ON PUNCHBOWL Ka Hula O Na Aumakua
- XVII THE BIRD-MAN OF NUUANU VALLEY
- XVIII THE OWLS OF HONOLULU
- Pueo
- Kapoi
- Kukaeunahio
- XIX THE TWO FISH FROM TAHITI
- XX IWA, THE NOTABLE THIEF OF OAHU
- XXI PIKOI THE RAT-KILLER
- XXII KAWELO
- XXIII “CHIEF MAN-EATER”
- XXIV LEPE-A-MOA
- The Chicken-Girl of Palama
- Kauilani and Akua-pehu-ale.
- Kauilani finds his Sister Lepe-a-moa
- The Battle of the Kupuas
- XXV KAMAPUAA LEGENDS
- Legends of the Hog-god
- Kamapuaa on Oahu and Kauai
- Pele and Kamapuaa
- APPENDIX
- PARTIAL LIST HAWAIIAN TERMS USED
- POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE
- PRESS NOTICES HAWAIIAN LEGENDS
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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