← Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)
Chapter 24
Legend of Punia
Punia at the Lobster Cave Finds the Sharks Asleep.—Cunningly He Causes the Death of Ten.—Kaialeale the King Shark Alone Left.—Punia Traps It to Enter Its Stomach.—Propping Its Jaws Open He Fires Its Inwards.—The Shark Gets Weak and Punia Bald-headed.—Stranded on a Sand Shore, the Shark is Cut Open.—Punia Meets a Number of Ghosts.—He Traps Them to Their Death in the Water, Till One Only Is Left.