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Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

by William Drake WESTERVELT (1849 - 1939)

Foreword and Introduction

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

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Listen next episodes of Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods:
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 , 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