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Hawaiian Mythology

43 entries · 5 sections

by Martha Beckwith

Title Page Contents Preface

Part One: The Gods

I. Coming of the Gods II. Ku Gods III. The God Lono IV. The Kane Worship V. Kane and Kanaloa VI. Mythical Lands of the Gods VII. Lesser Gods VIII. Sorcery Gods IX. Guardian Gods X. The Soul After Death

Part Two: Children of the Gods

XI. The Pele Myth XII. The Pele Sisters XIII. Pele Legends XIV. Kamapua‘a XV. Hina Myths VI. Maui the Trickster XVII. Aikanaka-Kaha‘i Cycle XVIII. Wahieloa-Laka Cycle XIX. Haumea

Part Three. The Chiefs

XX. Papa and Wakea XXI. Genealogies XXII. Era of Overturning XXIII. Mu and Menehune People XXIV. Runners, Man-Eaters, Dog-Men XXV. The Moikeha-La‘a Migration XXVI. Hawaiiloa and Paao Migrations XXVII. Ruling Chiefs XXVIII. Usurping Chiefs

Part Four. Heroes and Lovers in Fiction

XXIX. Kupua Stories XXX. Trickster Stories XXXI. Voyage to the Land of the Gods XXXII. Riddling Contests XXXIII. The Kana Legend XXXIV. The Stretching-Tree Kupua XXXV. Romance of the Swimmer XXXVI. Romance of the Island of Virgins XXXVII. Romances of Match-Making XXXVIII. Romances of the Dance XXXIX. Wooing Romances References