Hawaiian Folk Tales, A Collection of Native Legends

It is becoming more and more a matter of regret that a larger amount of systematic effort was not established in early years for the gathering and preservation of the folk-lore of the Hawaiians. The world is under lasting obligations to the late Judge Fornander, and to Dr. Rae before him, for their painstaking efforts to gather the history of this people and trace their origin and migrations; but Fornander’s work only has seen the light, Dr. Rae’s manuscript having been accidentally destroyed by fire.  Read more....

• Preface

• Note

• Legends Resembling Old Testament History

• Exploits of Maui

  • Snaring the Sun

  • The Origin of Fire

• Pele and the Deluge

• Pele and Kahawali

• Hiku and Kawelu

  • Location of the Lua o Milu

• Lonopuha; or, Origin of the Art of Healing in Hawaii

• A Visit to the Spirit Land; or, The Strange Experience of a Woman in Kona, Hawaii

• Kapeepeekauila; or, The Rocks of Kana

• Kalelealuaka

  • Part 2

  • Part 3

• Stories of the Menehunes: Hawaii the Original Home of the Brownies

  • Moke Manu’s Account

  • Pi’s Watercourse

  • Laka’s Adventure

  • Kekupua’s Canoe

  • As Heiau Builders

• Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa

• The Punahou Spring

• Oahunui

• Ahuula: A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak

• Kaala and Kaaialii: A Legend of Lanai

• The Tomb of Puupehe: A Legend of Lanai

• Ai Kanaka: A Legend of Molokai

• Kaliuwaa, Scene of the Demigod Kamapuaa’s Escape from Olopana

• Battle of the Owls

• This Land is the Sea’s. Traditional Account of an Ancient Hawaiian Prophecy

• Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii

• Aiai, Son of Ku-ula. Part II of the Legend of Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii

• Kaneaukai: A Legend of Waialua

• The Shark-man, Nanaue

• Fish Stories and Superstitions

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends, 1907