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Title: Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina
Author: W. D. Westervelt
Release Date: May 30, 2010 [EBook #32601]
Language: English
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LEGENDS
OF
MA-UI--A DEMI GOD
OF
POLYNESIA
AND OF
HIS MOTHER HINA.
BY
W. D. WESTERVELT.
HONOLULU:
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO., LTD.
1910
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Maui's Home 3
II. Maui the Fisherman 12
III. Maui Lifting the Sky 31
IV. Maui Snaring the Sun 40
V. Maui Finding Fire 56
VI. Maui the Skillful 78
VII. Maui and Tuna 91
VIII. Maui and His Brother-in-Law 101
IX. Maui's Kite-Flying 112
X. Oahu Legends of Maui 119
XI. Maui Seeking Immortality 128
XII. Hina of Hilo 139
XIII. Hina and the Wailuku River 146
XIV. The Ghosts of the Hilo Hills 155
XV. Hina, the Woman in the Moon 165
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
OPPOSITE
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