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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

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377,309 words · about 26 h 25 min to read

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About this book

Language
English
Subjects
Folklore › Hawaii, Hawaiian language › Texts, Legends › Hawaii, Hawaii › Social life and customs
Length
377,309 words · about 26 h 25 min
Sections
56 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (56)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. I. Preface about 2 min
  3. II. Legend of Halemano about 4 min
  4. III. Mythical Tales about 2 min
  5. Preface about 1 min
  6. Chapter I about 19 min
  7. Chapter II about 16 min
  8. Chapter III about 4 min
  9. Chapter IV about 5 min
  10. V. RELATING TO KAHAKALOA.—HIS DEATH BY KAWELO about 4 min
  11. Chapter VI about 4 min
  12. Chapter VII about 4 min
  13. Chapter VIII about 1 min
  14. Chapter IX about 4 min
  15. Chapter X about 1 h 19 min
  16. Chapter I about 12 min
  17. Chapter II about 10 min
  18. Chapter III about 12 min
  19. Chapter IV about 6 min
  20. Chapter V about 7 min
  21. Chapter VI about 3 h 21 min
  22. I. RELATING TO KALAEPUNI about 6 min
  23. II. RELATING TO KALAEHINA about 54 min
  24. Chapter I about 11 min
  25. Chapter II about 4 min
  26. Chapter III about 2 min
  27. Chapter IV about 13 min
  28. Chapter V about 1 h 1 min
  29. Chapter I about 5 min
  30. II. The Subjugation of Hawaii by Namakaokapaoo about 55 min
  31. Chapter I about 9 min
  32. Chapter II about 15 min
  33. Chapter I about 7 min
  34. II. Relating to Lonoaohi the Priest about 4 min
  35. Chapter III about 5 min
  36. IV. The Fourth Battle, Between Kamapuaa and Pele about 8 min
  37. V. The Fifth Battle, Between Kamapuaa and Makalii about 11 min
  38. VI. Relating to Kahikiula and Kahikihonuakele about 2 min
  39. Chapter VII about 1 h 28 min
  40. I. SEARCH FOR A SUITABLE WIFE about 2 min
  41. II. RELATING TO KAKAALANEO about 6 min
  42. III. THE BATTLE about 7 min
  43. IV. RELATING TO KAIKIPAANANEA about 2 min
  44. V. RELATING TO KUKAEA about 27 min
  45. I. RELATING TO AIOHIKUPUA.—TO HAUNAKA about 6 min
  46. II. RELATING TO KIHANUILULUMOKU.—ULILI AND AIKEEHIALE about 3 min
  47. III. RELATING TO KALAHUMOKU.—BATTLE BETWEEN THE DOG AND LIZARD about 51 min
  48. Chapter I about 4 min
  49. Chapter II about 2 h 7 min
  50. III. MYTHICAL TALES. [710] about 7 h 21 min
  51. Chapter I about 2 min
  52. Chapter II about 5 min
  53. Chapter III about 6 min
  54. Chapter IV about 6 min
  55. Chapter V about 5 min
  56. Chapter VI about 2 h 9 min

The opening of II. Legend of Halemano

I. Halemano, Love-sick Through a Dream-infatuation,
Dies—Is Restored to Life by His Sister Laenihi—
She Visits Puna in Search of Halemano’s Ideal—
Meets Her and Reveals Her Errand—With Tokens She
Returns Home—Halemano Instructed, Sets Out to Win
Kamalalawalu—Abducts Her and Returns to Oahu—
Hookupu in Kamalalawalu’s Honor 228
II. Aikanaka, King of Oahu, Hearing of Kamalalawalu’s
Beauty, Sends for Her—Refusing to Comply with the
Mandate, Aikanaka Sends an Army Against Halemano—
With Wife and Grandmother They Flee to Molokai,
Thence to Kaupo, Kohala and Hilo—Kamalalawalu Taken
by Huaa—Halemano Returns to Kohala—His Wife Follows 238
III. Kamalalawalu Enticed Away—Death of Halemano—Is
Brought to Life Again by Laenihi, His Supernatural
Sister 242
IV. How Halemano Was Restored to Life—Halemano Seeks to
Win His Wife Back—Engaging in a Kilu Contest Is
Victorious—Kamalalawalu Is Supplanted by Kikekaala 244
V. Halemano Returns to Oahu, thence to Kauai—
Kamalalawalu Follows Him—She Leaves and Settles on
Oahu—Huaa and King of Hilo Send an Army to Secure
Her—After a Slaughter of Oahu Forces She Is Taken
to Hawaii 258

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