KalakauaKalakauaSignature: Kalakaua.Original Title Page.THE LEGENDS AND MYTHSOFHAWAII.THE FABLES AND FOLK-LOREOF ASTRANGE PEOPLE.BYHIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY KALAKAUA.EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTIONBYHON. R. M. DAGGETT,Late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands.New York:CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.1888.Copyright, 1887,ByCHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.H. J. HEWITT, PRINTER AND ELECTROTYPER, 37 ROSE ST., N. Y.PREFACE.For material in the compilation of many of the legends embraced in this volume obligation is acknowledged to H. R. H. Liliuokalani; General John Owen Dominis; His Excellency Walter M. Gibson; Professor W. D. Alexander; Mrs. E. Beckley, Government Librarian; Mr. W. James Smith, Secretary of the National Board of Education; and especially to Hon. Abram Fornander, the learned author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race, its Origin and Migrations.”The legends, in the order of their publication, beginning with the first and ending with “The Destruction of the Temples,” may be regarded, so far as they refer to the prominent political events with which they are associated, as in a measure historic. Those following have been selected as the most striking and characteristic of what remains of the fabulous folk-lore of the Hawaiian group.MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDSMAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDSCONTENTS.PAGEPreface.5Hawaiian Legends: Introduction.9–65Hina, the Helen of Hawaii.67–94The Royal Hunchback.95–113The Triple Marriage of Laa-mai-kahiki.115–135The Apotheosis of Pele.137–154Hua, King of Hana.155–173The Iron Knife.175–205The Sacred Spear-Point.207–225Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui.227–246Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii.247–315Lono and Kaikilani.317–331The Adventures of Iwikauikaua.333–349The Prophecies of Keaulumoku.351–367The Cannibals of Halemanu.369–380Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights.381–408Kaala, the Flower of Lanai.409–427The Destruction of the Temples.429–446The Tomb of Puupehe.447–452The Story of Laieikawai.453–480Lohiau, the Lover of a Goddess.481–497Kahavari, Chief of Puna.499–507Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa.509–522Appendix.523–530
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THE LEGENDS AND MYTHSOFHAWAII.THE FABLES AND FOLK-LOREOF ASTRANGE PEOPLE.BYHIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY KALAKAUA.EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTIONBYHON. R. M. DAGGETT,Late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands.New York:CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.1888.
THE LEGENDS AND MYTHSOFHAWAII.THE FABLES AND FOLK-LOREOF ASTRANGE PEOPLE.
THE LEGENDS AND MYTHSOFHAWAII.
THE FABLES AND FOLK-LOREOF ASTRANGE PEOPLE.
BYHIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY KALAKAUA.EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTIONBYHON. R. M. DAGGETT,Late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands.
New York:CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.1888.
Copyright, 1887,ByCHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.H. J. HEWITT, PRINTER AND ELECTROTYPER, 37 ROSE ST., N. Y.
Copyright, 1887,ByCHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.H. J. HEWITT, PRINTER AND ELECTROTYPER, 37 ROSE ST., N. Y.
Copyright, 1887,
ByCHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.
H. J. HEWITT, PRINTER AND ELECTROTYPER, 37 ROSE ST., N. Y.
PREFACE.For material in the compilation of many of the legends embraced in this volume obligation is acknowledged to H. R. H. Liliuokalani; General John Owen Dominis; His Excellency Walter M. Gibson; Professor W. D. Alexander; Mrs. E. Beckley, Government Librarian; Mr. W. James Smith, Secretary of the National Board of Education; and especially to Hon. Abram Fornander, the learned author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race, its Origin and Migrations.”The legends, in the order of their publication, beginning with the first and ending with “The Destruction of the Temples,” may be regarded, so far as they refer to the prominent political events with which they are associated, as in a measure historic. Those following have been selected as the most striking and characteristic of what remains of the fabulous folk-lore of the Hawaiian group.MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDSMAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
PREFACE.
For material in the compilation of many of the legends embraced in this volume obligation is acknowledged to H. R. H. Liliuokalani; General John Owen Dominis; His Excellency Walter M. Gibson; Professor W. D. Alexander; Mrs. E. Beckley, Government Librarian; Mr. W. James Smith, Secretary of the National Board of Education; and especially to Hon. Abram Fornander, the learned author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race, its Origin and Migrations.”The legends, in the order of their publication, beginning with the first and ending with “The Destruction of the Temples,” may be regarded, so far as they refer to the prominent political events with which they are associated, as in a measure historic. Those following have been selected as the most striking and characteristic of what remains of the fabulous folk-lore of the Hawaiian group.MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDSMAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
For material in the compilation of many of the legends embraced in this volume obligation is acknowledged to H. R. H. Liliuokalani; General John Owen Dominis; His Excellency Walter M. Gibson; Professor W. D. Alexander; Mrs. E. Beckley, Government Librarian; Mr. W. James Smith, Secretary of the National Board of Education; and especially to Hon. Abram Fornander, the learned author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race, its Origin and Migrations.”
The legends, in the order of their publication, beginning with the first and ending with “The Destruction of the Temples,” may be regarded, so far as they refer to the prominent political events with which they are associated, as in a measure historic. Those following have been selected as the most striking and characteristic of what remains of the fabulous folk-lore of the Hawaiian group.
MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDSMAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
CONTENTS.PAGEPreface.5Hawaiian Legends: Introduction.9–65Hina, the Helen of Hawaii.67–94The Royal Hunchback.95–113The Triple Marriage of Laa-mai-kahiki.115–135The Apotheosis of Pele.137–154Hua, King of Hana.155–173The Iron Knife.175–205The Sacred Spear-Point.207–225Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui.227–246Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii.247–315Lono and Kaikilani.317–331The Adventures of Iwikauikaua.333–349The Prophecies of Keaulumoku.351–367The Cannibals of Halemanu.369–380Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights.381–408Kaala, the Flower of Lanai.409–427The Destruction of the Temples.429–446The Tomb of Puupehe.447–452The Story of Laieikawai.453–480Lohiau, the Lover of a Goddess.481–497Kahavari, Chief of Puna.499–507Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa.509–522Appendix.523–530
CONTENTS.PAGEPreface.5Hawaiian Legends: Introduction.9–65Hina, the Helen of Hawaii.67–94The Royal Hunchback.95–113The Triple Marriage of Laa-mai-kahiki.115–135The Apotheosis of Pele.137–154Hua, King of Hana.155–173The Iron Knife.175–205The Sacred Spear-Point.207–225Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui.227–246Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii.247–315Lono and Kaikilani.317–331The Adventures of Iwikauikaua.333–349The Prophecies of Keaulumoku.351–367The Cannibals of Halemanu.369–380Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights.381–408Kaala, the Flower of Lanai.409–427The Destruction of the Temples.429–446The Tomb of Puupehe.447–452The Story of Laieikawai.453–480Lohiau, the Lover of a Goddess.481–497Kahavari, Chief of Puna.499–507Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa.509–522Appendix.523–530