Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii
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Chapters (50)
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I PELE IN THE BOSOM OF HER FAMILY
- CHAPTER II PELE MEETS AND FASCINATES LOHIAU
- CHAPTER III LOHIAU COMES TO HIMSELF—HIS DEATH—THE THREAT OF PAOA
- CHAPTER IV PELE AWAKES FROM HER SLEEP
- CHAPTER V PELE MAKES A PROPOSITION TO HER SISTERS
- CHAPTER VI HIIAKA CONSENTS TO PELE’S PROPOSITION
- CHAPTER VII HIIAKA STARTS ON HER JOURNEY
- CHAPTER VIII THE GIRL PA-PULEHU—THE FEAST
- CHAPTER IX HIIAKA CHOOSES THE ROUTE THROUGH PANA-EWA
- CHAPTER X HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH PANA-EWA
- CHAPTER XI HIIAKA HAS VARIOUS ADVENTURES—THE SHARK MAKAU-KIU
- CHAPTER XII THE ROUT OF THE MAHIKI
- CHAPTER XIII HIIAKA LOOPS BACK IN HER JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XIV HIIAKA MEETS MOTHER-GRUNDY
- CHAPTER XV THE VOYAGE TO MAUI
- CHAPTER XVI KAPO-ULA-KINA’U, A RELATIVE OF HIIAKA—THE MAIMED GIRL MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA
- CHAPTER XVII HIIAKA RESTORES TO LIFE MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA
- CHAPTER XVIII HIIAKA EMPLOYS THE ART OF MAGIC AS A MEANS OF DISGUISING HERSELF—SHE VOYAGES TO MOLOKA’I—MEETS THE MO’O KIKI-PUA
- CHAPTER XIX HIIAKA FINDS A RELATIVE IN MAKA-PU’U—KO’OLAU WEATHER—MALEI
- CHAPTER XX HIIAKA EXPERIENCES KOOLAU WEATHER
- CHAPTER XXI1 HIIAKA DESCRIBES THE SCENE BEFORE HER
- CHAPTER XXII HIIAKA ADDRESSES POHAKU-O-KAUA’I—THE TWO WOMEN RIG UP A CANOE—SHE SALUTES KAENA—SALUTE TO HAUPU—SEES LOHIAU’S SPIRIT FORM
- CHAPTER XXIII THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
- CHAPTER XXIV HIIAKA LEARNS OF THE DEATH OF LOHIAU
- CHAPTER XXV HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE
- CHAPTER XXVI HIIAKA CONTINUES HER PRAYERS
- CHAPTER XXVII THEY DESCEND FROM THE CLIFF BY RAINBOW BRIDGES—LOHIAU, RESTORED, GOES A-SURFING
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE GODS COME TO LOHIAU’S FEAST
- CHAPTER XXIX HIIAKA’S ADDRESS TO CAPE KAENA
- CHAPTER XXX WHAT HIIAKA SAW FROM THE HEIGHT OF POHA-KEA
- CHAPTER XXXI HIIAKA VISITS PELE-ULA AT KOU—THE HULA KILU
- CHAPTER XXXII HIIAKA EXTRICATES HER CHARGE FROM THE DANGEROUS FASCINATIONS OF THE KILU1
- CHAPTER XXXIII HIIAKA ALONE WITH LOHIAU
- CHAPTER XXXIV PELE’S BRIGADE IS SENT TO THE ATTACK OF LOHIAU
- CHAPTER XXXV THE DEATH OF LOHIAU
- CHAPTER XXXVI PAOA SEEKS OUT THE BODY OF HIS DEAD FRIEND LOHIAU
- CHAPTER XXXVII PAOA COMES BEFORE PELE
- CHAPTER XXXVIII HIIAKA AND LOHIAU … A REUNION
- INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
- Abbreviations
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