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On each island she slew dragons which had come from the ancient traditional home of the Polynesians, India

Date of account: Published 1916
Source: Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) Collected and translated from the Hawaiian
Reference: Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) Collected and translated from the Hawaiian · selected passage 56
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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On each island she slew dragons which had come from the ancient traditional home of the Polynesians, India. She destroyed many evil-minded gnomes and elves; fought the au-makuas and the demi-gods of land and sea; found the body of Lohiau put away in a cave and watched over by the dragon-women who had been defeated by Pele when in her long sleep she chanted the songs of the Winds of Kauai. She slew the guardians of the cave, carried the body to a house where she used powerful chants for restoration. She captured the wandering ghost of Lohiau and compelled it again to take up its home in the body, and then with Lohiau and Wahine-omao made the long journey to her home in the volcano. From the island of Hawaii to the island Kauai, and along the return journey Hiiaka’s path was marked with experiences beneficial to the people whom she passed.

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