Compiled by Thos. G. Thrum

With sixteen illustrations from photographs Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1907

Preface

Note

Contents

Illustrations

Hawaiian Folk Tales

I

Legends Resembling Old Testament History

II

Exploits of Maui

I.—Snaring the Sun

II.—The Origin of Fire

III

Pele and the Deluge

IV

Pele and Kahawali

V

Hiku and Kawelu

Location of the Lua o Milu

VI

Lonopuha; Or, Origin of the Art of Healing in Hawaii

VII

A Visit to the Spirit Land; Or, The Strange Experience of a Woman in Kona, Hawaii

VIII

Kapeepeekauila; Or, The Rocks of Kana

IX

Kalelealuaka

Part I

Part II

Part III

X

Stories of the Menehunes

Hawaii the Original Home of the Brownies

Moke Manu’s Account

Pi’s Watercourse

Laka’s Adventure

Kekupua’s Canoe

As Heiau Builders

XI

Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa

XII

The Punahou Spring

XIII

Oahunui

XIV

Ahuula

A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak

XV

Kaala and Kaaialii

A Legend of Lanai

XVI

The Tomb of Puupehe

A Legend of Lanai

XVII

Ai Kanaka

A Legend of Molokai

XVIII

Kaliuwaa

Scene of the Demigod Kamapuaa’s Escape from Olopana

XIX

Battle of the Owls

XX

This Land is the Sea’s

Traditional Account of an Ancient Hawaiian Prophecy

XXI

Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii

XXII

Aiai, Son of Ku-ula

Part II of the Legend of Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii

XXIII

Kaneaukai

A Legend of Waialua

XXIV

The Shark-Man, Nanaue

XXV

Fish Stories and Superstitions

Deified Fish Superstition

Story of the Anae-holo

Myth of the Hilu

The Hou, or Snoring Fish

Glossary of Hawaiian Words

Hawaiian Yesterdays