Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina

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W. D. Westervelt. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina

Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina

Table of Contents

HELPS TO PRONUNCIATION

PREFACE

I

MAUI'S HOME

II

MAUI THE FISHERMAN

III

MAUI LIFTING THE SKY

IV

MAUI SNARING THE SUN

V

MAUI FINDING FIRE

VI

MAUI THE SKILLFUL

VII

MAUI AND TUNA

VIII

MAUI AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW

IX

MAUI'S KITE FLYING

X

THE OAHU LEGENDS OF MAUI

MAUI AND THE TWO GODS

HOW THEY FOUND FIRE

MAUI CATCHING THE SUN

UNITING THE ISLANDS

MAUI AND PEA-PEA THE EIGHT-EYED

XI

MAUI SEEKING IMMORTALITY

XII

HINA OF HILO

XIII

HINA AND THE WAILUKU RIVER

XIV

GHOSTS OF THE HILO HILLS

XV

HINA, THE WOMAN IN THE MOON

INDEX

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W. D. Westervelt

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Here is a small bay partially reef-protected, over which year after year the moist clouds float and by day and by night crown the waters with rainbows—the legendary sign of the home of the deified ones. Here when the tide is out the natives wade and swim, as they have done for centuries, from coral block to coral block, shunning the deep resting places of their dread enemy, the shark, sometimes esteemed divine. Out on the edge of the outermost reef they seek the shellfish which cling to the coral, or spear the large fish which have been left in the beautiful little lakes of the reef. Coral land is a region of the sea coast abounding in miniature lakes and rugged valleys and steep mountains. Clear waters with every motion of the tide surge in and out through sheltered caves and submarine tunnels, according to an ancient Hawaiian song—

In the Sea of Sacred Caves.

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