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Pele and Hiiaka

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A Myth From Hawaii

Nathaniel Bright Emerson

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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I PELE IN THE BOSOM OF HER FAMILY5. CHAPTER II PELE MEETS AND FASCINATES LOHIAU6. CHAPTER III LOHIAU COMES TO HIMSELF—HIS DEATH—THE THREAT OF PAOA7. CHAPTER IV PELE AWAKES FROM HER SLEEP8. CHAPTER V PELE MAKES A PROPOSITION TO HER SISTERS9. CHAPTER VI HIIAKA CONSENTS TO PELE’S PROPOSITION10. CHAPTER VII HIIAKA STARTS ON HER JOURNEY11. CHAPTER VIII THE GIRL PA-PULEHU—THE FEAST12. CHAPTER IX HIIAKA CHOOSES THE ROUTE THROUGH PANA-EWA13. CHAPTER X HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH PANA-EWA14. CHAPTER XI HIIAKA HAS VARIOUS ADVENTURES—THE SHARK MAKAU-KIU15. CHAPTER XII THE ROUT OF THE MAHIKI16. CHAPTER XIII HIIAKA LOOPS BACK IN HER JOURNEY17. CHAPTER XIV HIIAKA MEETS MOTHER-GRUNDY18. CHAPTER XV THE VOYAGE TO MAUI19. CHAPTER XVI KAPO-ULA-KINA’U, A RELATIVE OF HIIAKA—THE MAIMED GIRL MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA20. CHAPTER XVII HIIAKA RESTORES TO LIFE MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA21. CHAPTER XVIII HIIAKA EMPLOYS THE ART OF MAGIC AS A MEANS OF DISGUISING HERSELF—SHE VOYAGES TO MOLOKA’I—MEETS THE MO’O KIKI-PUA22. CHAPTER XIX HIIAKA FINDS A RELATIVE IN MAKA-PU’U—KO’OLAU WEATHER—MALEI23. CHAPTER XX HIIAKA EXPERIENCES KOOLAU WEATHER24. CHAPTER XXI125. HIIAKA DESCRIBES THE SCENE BEFORE HER26. CHAPTER XXII HIIAKA ADDRESSES POHAKU-O-KAUA’I—THE TWO WOMEN RIG UP A CANOE—SHE SALUTES KAENA—SALUTE TO HAUPU—SEES LOHIAU’S SPIRIT FORM27. CHAPTER XXIII THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE28. CHAPTER XXIV HIIAKA LEARNS OF THE DEATH OF LOHIAU29. CHAPTER XXV HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE30. CHAPTER XXVI HIIAKA CONTINUES HER PRAYERS31. CHAPTER XXVII THEY DESCEND FROM THE CLIFF BY RAINBOW BRIDGES—LOHIAU, RESTORED, GOES A-SURFING32. CHAPTER XXVIII THE GODS COME TO LOHIAU’S FEAST33. CHAPTER XXIX HIIAKA’S ADDRESS TO CAPE KAENA34. CHAPTER XXX WHAT HIIAKA SAW FROM THE HEIGHT OF POHA-KEA35. CHAPTER XXXI HIIAKA VISITS PELE-ULA AT KOU—THE HULA KILU36. CHAPTER XXXII HIIAKA EXTRICATES HER CHARGE FROM THE DANGEROUS FASCINATIONS OF THE KILU137. CHAPTER XXXIII HIIAKA ALONE WITH LOHIAU38. CHAPTER XXXIV PELE’S BRIGADE IS SENT TO THE ATTACK OF LOHIAU39. CHAPTER XXXV THE DEATH OF LOHIAU40. CHAPTER XXXVI PAOA SEEKS OUT THE BODY OF HIS DEAD FRIEND LOHIAU41. CHAPTER XXXVII PAOA COMES BEFORE PELE42. CHAPTER XXXVIII HIIAKA AND LOHIAU … A REUNION43. INDEX OF FIRST LINES.44. ILLUSTRATIONS45. Colophon
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