Contents
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER |
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| FOREWORD | ix |
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| INTRODUCTION | xii |
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| PART I--LEGENDS |
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| 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 |
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| PART II.--DESCRIPTION |
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| THE DECEIVING OF KEWA | 241 |
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| HOMELESS AND DESOLATE GHOSTS | 245 |
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| AUMAKUAS, OR ANCESTOR GHOST-GODS | 249 |
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| THE DRAGON GHOST-GODS | 256 |
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| HOME OF THE ANCESTORS | 260 |
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| APPENDIX: |
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| Honolulu Aquarium--Meles |
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| Bishop Museum--Hula |
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| Polynesian Language |
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| Partial List of Hawaiian Names |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
{illustrations omitted from etext}
| KE-ALOHI-LANI | Frontispiece |
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| OPPOSITE PAGE |
| IMAGES OF GODS AT THE HEIAU | 12 |
| FROM A TARO PATCH | 28 |
| THE GNARLÈD KOA | 34 |
| THE FRUIT OF THE HALA | 42 |
| KUKUI-TREES, IAO VALLEY, MT. EEKE | 50 |
| A TRUSTY FISHERMAN | 64 |
| THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN | 74 |
| THE VALLEY AT HANALEI, KAUAI | 94 |
| THE MISTY PALI, NUUANU | 120 |
| DANCING THE HULA | 140 |
| BREADFRUIT-TREES | 160 |
| A YOUNG CHIEF OF HAWAII | 188 |
| THE HOME OF TUE DRAGONS NEAR HILO | 198 |
| COCONUTS | 222 |
| THE HOME OF KEWALU | 230 |
| KEWA, A MAORI GIRL | 240 |
| HAWAIIAN FISH |
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