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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)

Subtitle: Collected and translated from the Hawaiian

W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

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Religion & mythology Mythology, Legends & Folklore

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FOREWORD PRONUNCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

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GEOLOGICAL FACTS

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PARTIAL LIST HAWAIIAN TERMS USED POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE PRESS NOTICES HAWAIIAN LEGENDS

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1. Front matter 2. FOREWORD 3. PRONUNCIATION 4. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 6. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 7. I AI-LAAU, THE FOREST EATER 8. II HOW PELE CAME TO HAWAII 9. III PELE AND THE OWL GHOST-GOD 10. IV THE HILLS OF PELE Na Puu o Pele 11. V PELE AND THE CHIEFS OF PUNA Kumu-kahi 12. VI PELE’S TREE 13. VII PELE AND KAHA-WALI 14. VIII PELE AND KAMA-PUAA 15. IX PELE AND THE SNOW-GODDESS 16. X GENEALOGY OF THE PELE FAMILY 17. XI PELE’S LONG SLEEP 18. XII HOPOE, THE DANCING STONE 19. XIII HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH DEMONS 20. XIV HOW HIIAKA FOUND WAHINE-OMAO 21. XV HIIAKA CATCHING A GHOST 22. XVI HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS 23. XVII LOHIAU 24. XVIII THE ANNIHILATION OF KEOUA’S ARMY 25. XIX DESTRUCTION OF KAMEHAMEHA’S FISH-PONDS 26. XX KAPIOLANI AND PELE 27. KAPIOLANI.28. GEOLOGICAL FACTS 29. I THE CRACK IN THE FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC 30. II HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES 31. III VOLCANIC ACTIVITY 32. IV CHANGES IN KILAUEA CRATER 33. V. FOUNDATION OF THE OBSERVATORY 34. PARTIAL LIST HAWAIIAN TERMS USED 35. POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE 36. PRESS NOTICES HAWAIIAN LEGENDS

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