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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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