Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii
by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Pele in the Bosom of Her Family
- Pele Meets and Fascinates Lohiau
- Lohiau Comes to Himself—His Death—The Threat of Paoa
- Pele Awakes from Her Sleep
- Pele Makes a Proposition to Her Sisters
- Hiiaka Consents to Pele’s Proposition
- Hiiaka Starts on Her Journey
- The Girl Pa-Pulehu—The Feast
- Hiiaka Chooses the Route Through Pana-Ewa
- Hiiaka’s Battle with Pana-Ewa
- Hiiaka Has Various Adventures—The Shark Makau-Kiu
- The Rout of the Mahiki
- Hiiaka Loops Back in Her Journey
- Hiiaka Meets Mother-Grundy
- The Voyage to Maui
- Kapo-Ula-Kina’u, a Relative of Hiiaka—The Maimed Girl Mana-Mana-Ia-Kalu-Ea
- Hiiaka Restores to Life Mana-Mana-Ia-Kalu-Ea
- Hiiaka Employs the Art of Magic as a Means of Disguising Herself—She Voyages to Moloka’i—Meets the Mo’o Kiki-Pua
- Hiiaka Finds a Relative in Maka-Pu’u—Ko’Olau Weather—Malei
- Hiiaka Experiences Koolau Weather
- Hiiaka Describes the Scene Before Her
- Hiiaka Addresses Pohaku-O-Kaua’i—The Two Women Rig Up a Canoe—She Salutes Kaena—Salute to Haupu—Sees Lohiau’s Spirit Form
- The Lame Fisherman—His Epic Recital Celebrating Pele
- Hiiaka Learns of the Death of Lohiau
- Hiiaka Utters Many Prayers to Restore Lohiau to Life
- Hiiaka Continues Her Prayers
- They Descend from the Cliff by Rainbow Bridges—Lohiau, Restored, Goes a-Surfing
- The Gods Come to Lohiau’s Feast
- Hiiaka’s Address to Cape Kaena
- What Hiiaka Saw from the Height of Poha-Kea
- Hiiaka Visits Pele-Ula at Kou—The Hula Kilu
- Hiiaka Extricates Her Charge from the Dangerous Fascinations of the Kilu
- Hiiaka Alone with Lohiau
- Pele’s Brigade Is Sent to the Attack of Lohiau
- The Death of Lohiau
- Paoa Seeks Out the Body of His Dead Friend Lohiau
- Paoa Comes Before Pele
- Hiiaka and Lohiau … a Reunion