TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[Foreword] iii
[Introduction]xi
PART I—[LEGENDS]
I. [Ai-laau, The Forest Eater]1
II. [How Pele came to Hawaii]4
III. [Pele and the Owl Ghost-god]14
IV. [The Hills of Pele]19
V. [Pele and the Chiefs of Puna]27
VI. [Pele’s Tree]35
VII. [Pele and Kaha-wali]37
VIII. [Pele and Kama-puaa]45
IX. [Pele and the Snow-goddess]55
X. [Genealogy of the Pele Family]63
XI. [Pele’s Long Sleep]72
XII. [Hopoe, the Dancing Stone]87
XIII. [Hiiaka’s Battle with Demons]96
XIV. [How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao]104
XV. [Hiiaka Catching a Ghost]111
XVI. [Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas]117
XVII. [Lohiau]126
XVIII. [The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army]139
XIX. [The Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish Ponds]146
XX. [Kapiolani and Pele] 152
PART II—[GEOLOGICAL FACTS]
I. [The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific]165
II. [Hawaiian Volcanoes]170
III. [Volcanic Activity]177
IV. [Changes in Kilauea Crater]189
V. [Foundation of the Observatory] 194

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