Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

Read by John Cairns, Chelsea, Lynda Marie Neilson, AnnaLisa Bodtker, Matthew Galles, Angelique G. Campbell, Jessi

William Drake Westervelt was an eminent scholar of Hawaiian culture, language, and history. In this capacity, he collected the ghost stories inlcuded in this volume. We hear of gods, ghosts, and demons, love and hate, all told and where necessary explained, in an accessible style. - Summary by Carolin

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queue_music Chapters 28

1 00 - Foreword and Introduction 15:12
2 01 - The Ghost of Wahaula Temple 19:13
3 02 - Maluae and the Under-world 9:34
4 03 - A Giant's Rock-throwing 9:00
5 04 - Kalo-eke-eke, the Timid Taro 5:02
6 05 - Legendary Canoe-making 11:35
7 06 - Lau-ka-ieie 24:32
8 07 - Kauhuhu, the Shark-God of Molokai 18:15
9 08 - The Shark-man of Waipio Valley 12:46
10 09 - The Strange Banana Skin 14:25
11 10 - The Old Man of the Mountain 18:43
12 11 - Hawaiian Ghost Testing 14:03
13 12 - How Milu became the King of Ghosts 8:09
14 13 - A Visit to the King of Ghosts 10:28
15 14 - Kalai-Pahoa, the Poison-god 11:00
16 15 - Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 1 28:07
17 16 - Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 2 27:28
18 17 - Puna and the Dragon 15:26
19 18 - Ke-au-nini, part 1 43:27
20 19 - Ke-au-nini, part 2 39:17
21 20 - Ke-au-nini, part 3 40:08
22 21 - The Bride from the Under-world 22:08
23 22 - The Deceiving of Kewa 13:52
24 23 - Homeless and Desolate Ghosts 13:38
25 24 - Aumakuas, or Ancestor Ghost-gods 24:12
26 25 - The Dragon Ghost-gods 8:55
27 26 - Home of the Ancestors 7:21
28 27 - Appendix 8:20