ve kindly helped me with their criticism--to
Dr. Ashley Thorndike, Dr. W.W. Lawrence, Dr. A.C.L. Brown, and Dr. A.A.
Goldenweiser. I am indebted also to Dr. Roland Dixon for bibliographical
notes. Above all, thanks are due to Dr. Franz Boas, without whose wise and
helpful enthusiasm this study would never have been undertaken.

MARTHA WARREN BECKWITH.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,

October, 1917.

CONTENTS

Introduction

I. The book and its writer

II. Nature and the Gods as reflected in the story
1. Polynesian origin of Hawaiian romance
2. Polynesian cosmogony
3. The demigod as hero
4. The earthly paradise; divinity in man and nature
5. The story: its mythical character
6. The story as a reflection of aristocratic social life

III. The art of composition
1. Aristocratic nature of Polynesian art
2. Nomenclature: its emotional value
3. Analogy: its pictorial quality
4. The double meaning; plays on words
5. Constructive elements of style

IV. Conclusions

Persons in the story
Action of the story
Background of the story

Text and translation

Chapter I. The birth of the Princess[A]
II. The flight to Paliuli
III. Kauakahialii meets the Princess
VI. Aiwohikupua goes to woo the Princess
V. The boxing match with Cold-nose
VI. The house thatched with bird feathers
VII. The Woman of the Mountain
VIII. The refusal of the Princess
IX. Aiwohikupua deserts his sisters
X. The sisters' songs
XI. Abandoned in the forest
XII. Adoption by the Princess
XIII. Hauailiki goes surf riding
XIV. The stubbornness of Laieikawai
XV. Aiwohikupua meets the guardians of Paliuli
XVI. The Great Lizard of Paliuli
XVII. The battle between the Dog and the Lizard
XVIII. Aiwohikupua's marriage with the Woman of the Mountain
XIX. The rivalry of Hina and Poliahu
XX. A suitor is found for the Princess
XXI. The Rascal of Puna wins the Princess
XXII. Waka's revenge
XXIII. The Puna Rascal deserts the Princess
XXIV. The marriage of the chiefs
XXV. The Seer finds the Princess
XXVI. The Prophet of God
XXVII. A journey to the Heavens
XXVIII. The Eyeball-of-the-Sun
XXIX. The warning of vengeance
XXX. The coming of the Beloved
XXXI. The Beloved falls into sin
XXXII. The Twin Sister
XXXIII. The Woman of Hana
XXXIV. The Woman of the