The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. Introduction, including a history, geography and social and religious commentary on the islands by R.M. Daggett, United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands 1882-1885.

By : David Kalakaua (1836 - 1891)

01 - Hawaiian Legends: Introduction. Part 1 02 - Hawaiian Legends: Introduction. Part 2 03 - Hawaiian Legends : Introduction Part 3 04 - Hina, the Helen of Hawaii Part 1 05 - Hina, the Helen of hawaii Part 2 06 - The Royal Hunchback 07 - The Triple Marriage of Laa-mai-kahiki 08 - The Apotheosis of Pele 09 - Hua, King of Hana 10 - The Iron Knife Part 1 11 - The Iron Knife Part 2 12 - The Sacred Spear-Point 13 - Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui 14 - Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii Part 1 15 - Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii Part 2 16 - Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii Part 3 17 - Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii Part 4 18 - Umi, the Peasant Prince of Hawaii Part 5 19 - Lono and Kaikilani 20 - The Adventures of Iwikauikaua 21 - The Prophecies of Keaulumoku 22 - The Cannibals of Halemanu 23 - Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights Part 1 24 - Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights Part 2 25 - Kaala, the Flower of Lanai 26 - The Destruction of the Temples 27 - The Tomb of Puupehe 28 - The Story of Laieikawai Part 1 29 - The Story of Laieikawai Part 2 30 - Lohiau, the Lover of a Goddess 31 - Kahavari, Chief of Puna 32 - Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa

For material in the compilation of many of the legends embraced in this volume obligation is acknowledged to H. R. H. Liliuokalani; General John Owen Dominis; His Excellency Walter M. Gibson; Professor W. D. Alexander; Mrs. E. Beckley, Government Librarian; Mr. W. James Smith, Secretary of the National Board of Education; and especially to Hon. Abram Fornander, the learned author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race, its Origin and Migrations.”

The legends, in the order of their publication, beginning with the first and ending with “The Destruction of the Temples,” may be regarded, so far as they refer to the prominent political events with which they are associated, as in a measure historic. Those following have been selected as the most striking and characteristic of what remains of the fabulous folk-lore of the Hawaiian group.