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The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai

by S. N. Haleole

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Wakaina

A cunning ghost of Waiapuka, North Kohala, disguises himself as a dancer and approaches a party of people. He shows off his skill, then calls for feather cloak, helmet, bamboo flute, skirt, and various other valuable things with which to display his art. When he has them secure, he flies off with them, and the audience never see him or their property again.1

Notes

1 Gill tells this same story from the Hervey group. Myths and
Songs, p. 88.

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