Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & ProtectorateFront matterReading editionChapter navigation82 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPhiladelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1900IllustrationsThe Mysterious IslandsThe BuccaneersThe Boat of Phantom ChildrenEarly Porto RicoThe DelugeHow Spaniards were Found to be MortalPonceWater CavesHow a Dutchman Helped the SpaniardsThe Ghost of San GeronimoPolice Activity in HumacaoThe Church in Porto RicoThe MermaidsThe AboriginesThe CaribsSecret Enemies in the HillsSacred ShrinesTobaccoThe Two Skeletons of ColumbusObeah WitchesThe Matanzas Obeah WomanHow Havana Got its MarketThe Justice of TaconThe CitedThe Virgin’s DiamondA Spanish HolofernesThe Courteous BattleWhy King Congo was LateThe Chase of Taito PericoThe Voice in the InnFinding of the IslandsAncient Faiths of HawaiiThe Giant GodsThe First FireThe Little PeopleThe Hawaiian IliadThe Hawaiian Orpheus and EurydiceThe Rebellion of KamioleThe Japanese SwordLo-Lale’s LamentThe Resurrections of KahaHawaiian GhostsThe Three Wives of LaaThe Misdoing of KamapuaPele’s HairThe Prayer to PeleLohiau and the Volcano PrincessA Visit of PeleThe Great FamineKiha’s TrumpetHow Moikeha Gained a WifeThe Sailing of PaaoThe Wronged WifeThe Magic SpearHawaiian WitchesThe CannibalsThe Various Graves of KauliiThe Kingship of UmiKeaulumoku’s ProphecyThe Tragedy of Spouting CaveThe Grave of PupeheThe Lady of the TwilightThe LadronesOld Beliefs of the FilipinosAnimal MythsLater Religious Myths and MiraclesBankiva, the Philippine Pied PiperThe Crab Tried to Eat the MoonThe Conversion of AmambarThe Bedevilled GalleonTwo Runaways from ManilaThe Christianizing of WongThe Devil’s BridgeThe Great EarthquakeSuppressing Magic in ManilaFaith that KilledThe Widow Velarde’s HusbandThe Grateful BanditsColophonBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Philadelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1900All chapters and sections (82)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPhiladelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1900IllustrationsThe Mysterious IslandsThe BuccaneersThe Boat of Phantom ChildrenEarly Porto RicoThe DelugeHow Spaniards were Found to be MortalPonceWater CavesHow a Dutchman Helped the SpaniardsThe Ghost of San GeronimoPolice Activity in HumacaoThe Church in Porto RicoThe MermaidsThe AboriginesThe CaribsSecret Enemies in the HillsSacred ShrinesTobaccoThe Two Skeletons of ColumbusObeah WitchesThe Matanzas Obeah WomanHow Havana Got its MarketThe Justice of TaconThe CitedThe Virgin’s DiamondA Spanish HolofernesThe Courteous BattleWhy King Congo was LateThe Chase of Taito PericoThe Voice in the InnFinding of the IslandsAncient Faiths of HawaiiThe Giant GodsThe First FireThe Little PeopleThe Hawaiian IliadThe Hawaiian Orpheus and EurydiceThe Rebellion of KamioleThe Japanese SwordLo-Lale’s LamentThe Resurrections of KahaHawaiian GhostsThe Three Wives of LaaThe Misdoing of KamapuaPele’s HairThe Prayer to PeleLohiau and the Volcano PrincessA Visit of PeleThe Great FamineKiha’s TrumpetHow Moikeha Gained a WifeThe Sailing of PaaoThe Wronged WifeThe Magic SpearHawaiian WitchesThe CannibalsThe Various Graves of KauliiThe Kingship of UmiKeaulumoku’s ProphecyThe Tragedy of Spouting CaveThe Grave of PupeheThe Lady of the TwilightThe LadronesOld Beliefs of the FilipinosAnimal MythsLater Religious Myths and MiraclesBankiva, the Philippine Pied PiperThe Crab Tried to Eat the MoonThe Conversion of AmambarThe Bedevilled GalleonTwo Runaways from ManilaThe Christianizing of WongThe Devil’s BridgeThe Great EarthquakeSuppressing Magic in ManilaFaith that KilledThe Widow Velarde’s HusbandThe Grateful BanditsColophonMyths and Legends of Our New Possessions◇Gate of the Walled City of Manila.Gate of the Walled City of Manila.◇Myths & Legends Of Our New Possessions & ProtectorateBy Charles M. SkinnerPhiladelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1900 →
