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Myths and Legends of Our New Possessions

by Charles M. Skinner

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  1. 1Dedication — The Mysterious Islands
  2. 2The Buccaneers
  3. 3The Boat of Phantom Children
  4. 4Early Porto Rico
  5. 5The Deluge
  6. 6How Spaniards Were Found to Be Mortal
  7. 7Ponce
  8. 8Water Caves
  9. 9How a Dutchman Helped the Spaniards
  10. 10The Ghost of San Geronimo
  11. 11Police Activity in Humacao
  12. 12The Church in Porto Rico
  13. 13The Mermaids
  14. 14The Aborigines
  15. 15The Caribs
  16. 16Secret Enemies in the Hills
  17. 17Sacred Shrines
  18. 18Tobacco
  19. 19The Two Skeletons of Columbus
  20. 20Obeah Witches
  21. 21The Matanzas Obeah Woman
  22. 22How Havana Got Its Market
  23. 23The Justice of Tacon
  24. 24The Cited
  25. 25The Virgin’s Diamond
  26. 26A Spanish Holofernes
  27. 27The Courteous Battle
  28. 28Why King Congo Was Late
  29. 29The Chase of Taito Perico
  30. 30The Voice in the Inn
  31. 31In the Pacific
  32. 32Ancient Faiths of Hawaii
  33. 33The Giant Gods
  34. 34The First Fire
  35. 35The Little People
  36. 36The Hawaiian Iliad
  37. 37The Hawaiian Orpheus and Eurydice
  38. 38The Rebellion of Kamiole
  39. 39The Japanese Sword
  40. 40Lo-Lale’s Lament
  41. 41The Resurrections of Kaha
  42. 42Hawaiian Ghosts
  43. 43The Three Wives of Laa
  44. 44The Misdoing of Kamapua
  45. 45Pele’s Hair
  46. 46The Prayer to Pele
  47. 47Lohiau and the Volcano Princess
  48. 48A Visit of Pele
  49. 49The Great Famine
  50. 50Kiha’s Trumpet
  51. 51How Moikeha Gained a Wife
  52. 52The Sailing of Paao
  53. 53The Wronged Wife
  54. 54The Magic Spear
  55. 55Hawaiian Witches
  56. 56The Cannibals
  57. 57The Various Graves of Kaulii
  58. 58The Kingship of Umi
  59. 59Keaulumoku’s Prophecy
  60. 60The Tragedy of Spouting Cave
  61. 61The Grave of Pupehe
  62. 62The Lady of the Twilight
  63. 63The Ladrones
  64. 64Old Beliefs of the Filipinos
  65. 65Animal Myths
  66. 66Later Religious Myths and Miracles
  67. 67Bankiva, the Philippine Pied Piper
  68. 68The Crab Tried to Eat the Moon
  69. 69The Conversion of Amambar
  70. 70The Bedevilled Galleon
  71. 71Two Runaways From Manila
  72. 72The Christianizing of Wong
  73. 73The Devil’s Bridge
  74. 74The Great Earthquake
  75. 75Suppressing Magic in Manila
  76. 76Faith That Killed
  77. 77The Widow Velarde’s Husband
  78. 78The Grateful Bandits

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