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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes

by W. D. Westervelt

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Pronunciation
  3. 3Introduction — The Hawaiian Islands
  4. 4Part I — Legends
  5. 5II — How Pele came to Hawaii
  6. 6III — Pele and the Owl Ghost-god
  7. 7IV — The Hills of Pele
  8. 8V — Pele and the Chiefs of Puna
  9. 9VI — Pele’s Tree
  10. 10VII — Pele and Kaha-wali
  11. 11VIII — Pele and Kama-puaa
  12. 12IX — Pele and the Snow-goddess
  13. 13X — Genealogy of the Pele Family
  14. 14XI — Pele’s Long Sleep
  15. 15XII — Hopoe, the Dancing Stone
  16. 16XIII — Hiiaka’s Battle with Demons
  17. 17XIV — How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao
  18. 18XV — Hiiaka Catching a Ghost
  19. 19XVI — Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas
  20. 20XVII — Lohiau
  21. 21XVIII — The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army
  22. 22XIX — Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-Ponds
  23. 23XX — Kapiolani and Pele
  24. 24Kapiolani
  25. 25Part II — Geological Facts
  26. 26I — The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific
  27. 27II — Hawaiian Volcanoes
  28. 28III — Volcanic Activity
  29. 29IV — Changes in Kilauea Crater
  30. 30V — Foundation of the Observatory
  31. 31Appendix
  32. 32Polynesian Language

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