I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE HAWAIIAN LEGEND AND FOLKLORE COMMISSION

JOHN R. GALT
EDNA J. HILL
MARY S. LAWRENCE
EMMA AHUENA D. TAYLOR

AND TO FIVE KAMA AINA WHO HELPED ME

JOSEPH S. EMERSON
WILLIAM HYDE RICE
JULIE JUDD SWANZY
THOMAS G. THRUM
WILLIAM DRAKE WESTERVELT [[vii]]

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Table of Contents.

[Introduction] xiii
[The Boy Pu-nia and the King of the Sharks] 1
[The Seven Great Deeds of Ma-ui] 7
[How Ma-ui won a place for himself in the House] 7
[How Ma-ui lifted up the Sky] 10
[How Ma-ui fished up the Great Island] 15
[How Ma-ui snared the Sun and made Him go more slowly across the Heavens] 20
[How Ma-ui won fire for Men] 27
[How Ma-ui overcame Kuna Loa the Long Eel] 32
[The Search that Ma-ui’s Brother made for his Sister Hina-of-the-Sea] 38
[How Ma-ui strove to win Immortality for Men] 41
[Au-ke-le the Seeker] 45
[Pi-ko-i: The Boy Who Was Good at Shooting Arrows] 69
[Paka: The Boy Who Was Reared in the Land that the Gods Have Since Hidden] 81
[The Story of Ha-le-ma-no and the Princess Kama] 93
[The Arrow and the Swing] 107
[The Daughter of the King of Ku-ai-he-lani] 117
[The Fish-Hook of Pearl] [[viii]]131
[The Story of Kana, the Youth Who Could Stretch Himself Upwards] 137
[The Me-ne-hu-ne] 149
[The Story of Mo-e Mo-e: Also a Story about Po-o and about Kau-hu-hu the Shark-God, and about Mo-e Mo-e’s Son, the Man Who Was Bold in His Wish] 165
[The Woman from Lalo-hana, the Country under the Sea] 193
[Hina, the Woman in the Moon] 199
[Notes] 203

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List of Illustrations.