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Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

by William Drake WESTERVELT (1849 - 1939)

William Drake Westervelt was an eminent scholar of Hawaiian culture, language, and history. In this capacity, he collected the ghost stories inlcuded in this volume. We hear of gods, ghosts, and demons, love and hate, all told and where necessary explained, in an accessible style. - Summary by Carolin


Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 2

A Giant's Rock-throwing

A Visit to the King of Ghosts

Appendix

Aumakuas, or Ancestor Ghost-gods

Foreword and Introduction

Hawaiian Ghost Testing

Home of the Ancestors

Homeless and Desolate Ghosts

How Milu became the King of Ghosts

Kalai-Pahoa, the Poison-god

Kalo-eke-eke, the Timid Taro

Kauhuhu, the Shark-God of Molokai

Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 1

Ke-au-nini, part 1

Ke-au-nini, part 2

Ke-au-nini, part 3

Lau-ka-ieie

Legendary Canoe-making

Maluae and the Under-world

Puna and the Dragon

The Bride from the Under-world

The Deceiving of Kewa

The Dragon Ghost-gods

The Ghost of Wahaula Temple

The Old Man of the Mountain

The Shark-man of Waipio Valley

The Strange Banana Skin