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Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii

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T he story of Pele and her sister Hiiaka stands at the fountain-head of Hawaiian myth and is the matrix from which the unwritten literature of Hawaii drew its life-blood. The material for the elaboration of this story has, in part, been found in serial contributions to the Hawaiian newspapers during the last few decades; in part, gathered by interviews with the men and women of the older regime, in whose memory it has been stored and, again, in part, it has been supplied by papers solicited from intelligent Hawaiians. The information contained in the notes has been extracted by viva voce appeal to Hawaiians themselves. These last two sources of information will soon be no longer available. Merely as a story, this myth of Pele and her kindred may be deemed to have no compelling merit that should attract one to its reading. The cycle of world-myth already gathered from the rising to the setting of the sun, from the north pole to the south pole, is quite vast enough, and far in excess of

Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 60279 *** [ Contents ] [ Contents ] [ Contents ] PELE AND HIIAKA A Myth From Hawaii By NATHANIEL B. EMERSON , A. M., M. D. HONOLULU, HAWAII Author of The Long Voyages of the Ancient Hawaiians, and of Unwritten Literature of Hawaii, Translator of David Malo’s Hawaiian Antiquities PRINTED BY Honolulu Star-Bulletin Limited 1915 [ Contents ] Copyright, 1915, by N. B. EMERSON. Published March, 1915. [ Contents ] TO HER MAJESTY LILIUOKALANI AND HER BELOVED HAWAIIAN PEOPLE [ V ] [ Contents ] PREFACE T he story of Pele

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