V. Pele And The Chiefs Of Puna : V PELE AND THE CHIEFS OF PUNA KUMU-KAHI ACCORDING to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends he w...
Xiv. How Hiiaka Found Wahine Omao : XIV HOW HIIAKA FOUND WAHINE-OMAO THE story of the journey, of the youngest sister of Pele, the goddess of volcanic fires, when seeking a husband for her oldest sister, has a simple and yet exceedingly human element in the incidents which cluster around the finding of a faithful follower and friend...
Viii. Pele And Kama Puaa : VIII PELE AND KAMA-PUAA Note: The adventure of the demi-god Kama-puaa has been given in "The Legends of Old Honolulu." But because it is one of the most widely told of the Pele stories, it is repeated here. KAMA-PUAA was born on the island of Oahu, where he was known as a very powerful...
Part Ii. Geological Facts : PART II GEOLOGICAL FACTS ("Note": The following articles pertaining to the geological formation of the Hawaiian Islands were written by the author at different times for the various local periodicals in Honolulu and will be found interesting by those who wish to increase their knowledge...
Ii. How Pele Came To Hawaii : II HOW PELE CAME TO HAWAII THE simplest, most beautiful legend does not mention the land from which Pele started. In this her father was Moe-moea-au-lii, the chief who dreamed of trouble. Her mother was Haumea, or Papa, who personified mother earth. Moemoea apparently is not mentioned in any other...
Vii. Pele And Kaha Wali : VII PELE AND KAHA-WALI FOR a long, long time the Hawaiians have had the proverb "Never abuse an old woman; she might be Pele." This saying was applied to several legends, but it belonged especially to the story of her punishment of Kaha-wali. Kaha-wali was a chief born and brought up on the isl...
Xi. Pele's Long Sleep : XI PELE'S LONG SLEEP PELE and her family dwelt in the beauty of Puna. On a certain day there was a fine, clear atmosphere and Pele saw the splendid surf with its white crests and proposed to her sisters to go down for bathing and surf-riding. Pele, as the high chiefess of the family, first entered...
Xvi. Hiiaka And The Seacoast Kupuas : XVI HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS KUPUAS were legendary monsters which could change themselves into human beings at will. They were said to have come from far-off lands with the early settlers. They had descendants who lived along the seacoast or in out-of-the-way places inland. They were always...
I. Ai Laau, The Forest Eater : I AI LAAU, THE FOREST EATER WHEN Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in possession of the territory. Ai-laau was known and feared by all the people. Ai means the "one who eats or devours." Laau means "tree" or a "forest." Ai-laau w...
Iv. The Hills Of Pele : IV THE HILLS OF PELE NA PUU O PELE THROUGH the fleeting hours of Tuesday, January eighth, in the year nineteen hundred and seven, earthquakes were felt all over the island of Hawaii. Soon after midnight as the stars of the new day Wednesday, January ninth, looked down on the melting snows of Maun...
Ii. Hawaiian Volcanoes : II HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES EACH island has its extinct craters from which extend the limited ranges of mountains and plains which make the island surface. These large craters are from a few hundred to over thirteen thousand feet in altitude. They seem to have had mighty explosions after they had been...
Appendix. Polynesian Language : APPENDIX POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE "A few words should be added on the peculiar genius and structure of the Polynesian language in general and of the Hawaiian dialect in particular. It is the law of all Polynesian languages that every word and syllable must end in a vowel, so that no two consonants are...
Iv. Changes In Kilauea Crater : IV CHANGES IN KILAUEA CRATER THERE have been two entirely distinct modifications in Kilauea. One belongs to the centuries and the mountain which the crater has been trying to build. The other relates to the fire-pit and the fire-lake therein. Kilauea is a mountain a little over 4,000 feet...
Iii. Volcanic Activity : III VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN a little note-book in Hilo is a record which from time to time has been studied and copied frequently by visiting scientists. The missionary mother who put down the facts therein recorded never dreamed of being scientific. She simply kept a record. In 1832 Mrs. Sarah J...
V. Foundation Of The Observatory : V. FOUNDATION OF THE OBSERVATORY Excerpts from the Report of the Hawaiian Volcano observatory Jan.-Mch., 1912.--Published by the Society of Arts of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. THE Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, now in operation for five years from July 1, 1912, under...
Pronunciation : PRONUNCIATION "A syllable in Hawaiian may consist of a single vowel, or a consonant united with a vowel or at most of a consonant and two vowels, never of more than one consonant. The accent of five-sixths of, the words is on the penult, and a few proper names accent the first syllable. In Hawaii...
Untitled : HAWAIIAN LEGENDS OF VOLCANOES Collected And Translated From The Hawaiian BY W. D. WESTERVELT Boston, G.H. Ellis Press [1916] Title Page Foreword Pronunciation Table of Contents Introduction: The Hawaiian Islands Part I: Legends I. Ai Laau, The Forest Eater II. How Pele Came to Hawaii III. Pele...
Xiii. Hiiaka's Battle With Demons : XIII HIIAKA'S BATTLE WITH DEMONS HIIAKA, the youngest sister of Pele, the goddess of fire, is the central figure of many a beautiful Hawaiian myth. She was sent on a wearisome journey over all the islands to find Lohiau, the lover of Pele. Out of the fire-pit of the volcano, Kilauea, she climbed...
Xii. Hopoe, The Dancing Stone : XII HOPOE, THE DANCING STONE "Moving back and forth in the wind Softly moving in the quiet breeze Rocking by the side of the sea." --Ancient Hopoe Chant. ON the southeastern seacoast of the island Hawaii, near a hamlet called Keaau, is a large stone which was formerly so balanced that it could be...
I. The Crack In The Floor Of The Pacific : I THE CRACK IN THE FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC GEOLOGICAL or earthquake map of the Pacific shows that the ocean is bordered by ranges of volcanic mountains on the American side, and by a long chain of volcanic islands, such as the Aleutian, Japanese, and Formosa islands along the coast of Asia. It is also...
Xix. Destruction Of Kamehameha's Fish Ponds : XIX DESTRUCTION OF KAMEHAMEHA'S FISH-PONDS MOUNT HUALALAI is on the western side of the island Hawaii. It has been announced as an extinct volcano because few signs of volcanic life appear at present; but in the year 1801 there was a very violent eruption from the foot of the mounta...
X. Genealogy Of The Pele Family : X GENEALOGY OF THE PELE FAMILY THERE were gods, goddesses, and ghost-gods in the Pele family. Almost all had their home in volcanic fires and were connected with all the various natural fire phenomena such as earthquakes, eruptions, smoke clouds, thunder, and lightning. Pele was the supreme ruler...
Xv. Hiiaka Catching A Ghost : XV HIIAKA CATCHING A GHOST HIIAKA, the sister of Pele, and the goddess of ferns, and their new friend Wahine-omao, were hastening through the forests above the bay of Hilo. They came near a native house. Two girls were lying on a mat near the doorway. The girls saw the strangers and with hearts...
Xvii. Lohiau : XVII LOHIAU THE story of Hiiaka's journey over the seas which surround the Hawaiian Islands, and through dangers and perplexities, cannot be fully told in the limits of these short stories. There are several versions, so only the substance of all can be given. On each island she slew dragons which...
Introduction. The Hawaiian Islands : INTRODUCTION THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Of all the noteworthy groups of islands of fire rock in the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Islands are the most stupendous. The crack in the floor of the ocean upon which they are built extends from the large island Hawaii northwesterly about two thousand miles toward...
Xx. Kapiolani And Pele : XX KAPIOLANI AND PELE THE story of the high chiefess Kapiolani and her conflict with Pele, the goddess of Kilauea, in December, 1824, is historic. It belongs, however, to the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, and is more important than any myth. Kapiolani was the daughter of Keawe-mau-hili, who...
Vi. Pele's Tree : VI PELE'S TREE OHIA--LEHUA is the native name for a tree which abounds in Puna, the region of the volcanic home of the goddess Pele. It has a continual growth of delicately shaded leaves. The young leaf, pink tinted, comes as the old leaf shading into gray falls from the tree. Flowers which are...
Ix. Pele And The Snow Goddess : IX PELE AND THE SNOW-GODDESS THERE were four maidens with white mantles in the mythology of the Hawaiians. They were all queens of beauty, full of wit and wisdom, lovers of adventure, and enemies of Pele. They were the goddesses of the snow-covered mountains. They embodied the mythical ide...
Iii. Pele And The Owl Ghost God : III PELE AND THE OWL GHOST-GOD MANY, many years after Pele's angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island Kauai and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open...
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Xviii. The Annihilation Of Keoua's Army : XVIII THE ANNIHILATION OF KEOUA'S ARMY ALMOST exactly thirty-four years before Kapiolani defied the worship of the fire-goddess Pele, Keoua, a high chief, lost a large part of his army near the volcano Kilauea. This was in November, 1790. Ka-lani-opuu had been king over the island Hawaii. When he...
Foreword : FOREWORD However doctors may differ concerning the way that our earth came into being, most of them agree that in its early days meteoric bodies from space flew together and produced a hotter globe than at present. Perhaps its surface was all covered with vast circular lakes of lava such as our...
