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Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii — Nathaniel Bright Emerson

Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii

Nathaniel Bright Emerson

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 314 pages

Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii is a retelling of a central Hawaiian myth, centered on the volcano goddess Pele and her sister Hiiaka. Compiled by Nathaniel B. Emerson from oral accounts and newspapers, it offers a window into Hawaiian oral literature and belief. Listeners interested in world mythology and fantasy will find it a rich, atmospheric narrative.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. CHAPTER I PELE IN THE BOSOM OF HER FAMILY
  4. CHAPTER II PELE MEETS AND FASCINATES LOHIAU
  5. CHAPTER III LOHIAU COMES TO HIMSELF—HIS DEATH—THE THREAT OF PAOA
  6. CHAPTER IV PELE AWAKES FROM HER SLEEP
  7. CHAPTER V PELE MAKES A PROPOSITION TO HER SISTERS
  8. CHAPTER VI HIIAKA CONSENTS TO PELE’S PROPOSITION
  9. CHAPTER VII HIIAKA STARTS ON HER JOURNEY
  10. CHAPTER VIII THE GIRL PA-PULEHU—THE FEAST
  11. CHAPTER IX HIIAKA CHOOSES THE ROUTE THROUGH PANA-EWA
  12. CHAPTER X HIIAKA’S BATTLE WITH PANA-EWA
  13. CHAPTER XI HIIAKA HAS VARIOUS ADVENTURES—THE SHARK MAKAU-KIU
  14. CHAPTER XII THE ROUT OF THE MAHIKI
  15. CHAPTER XIII HIIAKA LOOPS BACK IN HER JOURNEY
  16. CHAPTER XIV HIIAKA MEETS MOTHER-GRUNDY
  17. CHAPTER XV THE VOYAGE TO MAUI
  18. CHAPTER XVI KAPO-ULA-KINA’U, A RELATIVE OF HIIAKA—THE MAIMED GIRL MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA
  19. CHAPTER XVII HIIAKA RESTORES TO LIFE MANA-MANA-IA-KALU-EA
  20. CHAPTER XVIII HIIAKA EMPLOYS THE ART OF MAGIC AS A MEANS OF DISGUISING HERSELF—SHE VOYAGES TO MOLOKA’I—MEETS THE MO’O KI
  21. CHAPTER XIX HIIAKA FINDS A RELATIVE IN MAKA-PU’U—KO’OLAU WEATHER—MALEI
  22. CHAPTER XX HIIAKA EXPERIENCES KOOLAU WEATHER
  23. CHAPTER XXI1 HIIAKA DESCRIBES THE SCENE BEFORE HER
  24. CHAPTER XXII HIIAKA ADDRESSES POHAKU-O-KAUA’I—THE TWO WOMEN RIG UP A CANOE—SHE SALUTES KAENA—SALUTE TO HAUPU—SEES LOHIAU
  25. CHAPTER XXIII THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
  26. CHAPTER XXIV HIIAKA LEARNS OF THE DEATH OF LOHIAU
  27. CHAPTER XXV HIIAKA UTTERS MANY PRAYERS TO RESTORE LOHIAU TO LIFE
  28. CHAPTER XXVI HIIAKA CONTINUES HER PRAYERS
  29. CHAPTER XXVII THEY DESCEND FROM THE CLIFF BY RAINBOW BRIDGES—LOHIAU, RESTORED, GOES A-SURFING
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII THE GODS COME TO LOHIAU’S FEAST

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