Read and Download Free eBooks
/
Categories
Browse by category
1,965 books to get lost inYours to read. Yours to keep.
No books found.
Try another title or author.
Try another title or author.
At the gateways of the day by Padraic Colum and Hawaiian Legend & Folklore Commission explores legends, folklore.
At the gateways of the day is a work by Padraic Colum and Hawaiian Legend & Folklore Commission. Its subjects include Legends, Folklore.
From the opening pages: “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 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…”
