TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

Foreword iii

Introduction xi

PART I—LEGENDS

I. Ai-laau, The Forest Eater 1

II. How Pele came to Hawaii 4

III. Pele and the Owl Ghost-god 14

IV. The Hills of Pele 19

V. Pele and the Chiefs of Puna 27

VI. Pele’s Tree 35

VII. Pele and Kaha-wali 37

VIII. Pele and Kama-puaa 45

IX. Pele and the Snow-goddess 55

X. Genealogy of the Pele Family 63

XI. Pele’s Long Sleep 72

XII. Hopoe, the Dancing Stone 87

XIII. Hiiaka’s Battle with Demons 96

XIV. How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao 104

XV. Hiiaka Catching a Ghost 111

XVI. Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas 117

XVII. Lohiau 126

XVIII. The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army 139

XIX. The Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish Ponds 146

XX. Kapiolani and Pele 152

PART II—GEOLOGICAL FACTS

I. The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific 165

II. Hawaiian Volcanoes 170

III. Volcanic Activity 177

IV. Changes in Kilauea Crater 189

V. Foundation of the Observatory 194