Legends of Gods and GhostsHawaiian Mythology, Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian. E-book. Formato EPUB William Drake Westervelt   -  Sanzani, 2021  - 

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.  Excerpt from Legends of the Wailuku: As Told by Old Hawaiians and Done Into the English Tongue Fed from the great watershed of Hawaii far up the densely wooded flanks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea - often snow-capped in winter - the Wailuku River roars through the very center of Hilo, principal town of the Island of Hawaii.There are many vague stories as to why the Wailuku River was so named. In the Hawaiian tongue Wailuku means literally "destroying water."In olden times before there were bridges and other safeguards the river wrought considerable damage to property and during the rainy season it took its toll of human lives. Legends connected with the Wailuku tend to confirm the belief that it was named for its violent habits.Long ago, so one legend goes, the much dreaded Kuna (dragon) blocked the gorge below Rainbow Falls with intent to back the waters up and drown the goddess Hina, who dwelt in the great cave for which the falls form a curtain. How her son, the demi-god Maui, came to the rescue, saved his mother, and finally hunted Kuna from his lair up the river and slew him, is told in the legend, "The Last of Kuna."

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (Mythology) Collected and Translated From the Hawaiian. E-book. Formato PDF William Drake Westervelt   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

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 ?ew together and produced a hotter globe than at present. Perhaps its surface was all covered with vast circular lakes of lava such as our telescopes reveal in great perfection, ring upon ring, over the surface Of the moon. On the moon these rings and pits are now cold, remnant from a time when the gases from the inside of our satellite were bub bling forth from a great internal heat supply and bringing with them oceans of slag which seethed and swirled in circular pools which formed sym metrically within ramparts of their own spatter.