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Title: Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
Author: Charles M. Skinner
Release Date: March 2, 2008 [EBook #24732]
Language: English
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Myths & Legends
Of Our
New Possessions
& Protectorate
By
Charles M. Skinner
Philadelphia & London
J. B. Lippincott Company
1900

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

TO
CORNELIA OTIS
SKINNER,
OUR
NEW POSSESSION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In the Caribbean
PAGE
The Mysterious Islands
23
The Buccaneers
33
The Boat of Phantom Children
46
Early Porto Rico
48
The Deluge
55
How Spaniards were Found to be Mortal
56
Ponce
58
Water Caves
61
How a Dutchman Helped the Spaniards
65
The Ghost of San Geronimo
67
Police Activity in Humacao
71
The Church in Porto Rico
74
The Mermaids
78
The Aborigines
83
The Caribs
88
Secret Enemies in the Hills
92
Sacred Shrines
98
Tobacco
103
The Two Skeletons of Columbus
106
Obeah Witches
108
The Matanzas Obeah Woman
113
How Havana Got its Market
121
The Justice of Tacon
127
The Cited
133
The Virgin's Diamond
141
A Spanish Holofernes
144
The Courteous Battle
150
Why King Congo was Late
153
The Chase of Taito Perico
156
The Voice in the Inn
163
In the Pacific
Finding of the Islands
177
Ancient Faiths of Hawaii
178
The Giant Gods
188
The First Fire
189
The Little People
190
The Hawaiian Iliad
194
The Hawaiian Orpheus and Eurydice
201
The Rebellion of Kamiole
206
The Japanese Sword
212
Lo-Lale's Lament
217
The Resurrections of Kaha
220
Hawaiian Ghosts
224
The Three Wives of Laa
225
The Misdoing of Kamapua
226
Pele's Hair
233
The Prayer to Pele
234
Lohiau and the Volcano Princess
237
A Visit of Pele
239
The Great Famine
243
Kiha's Trumpet
248
How Moikeha Gained a Wife
252
The Sailing of Paao
254
The Wronged Wife
256
The Magic Spear
259
Hawaiian Witches
262
The Cannibals
267
The Various Graves of Kaulii
270
The Kingship of Umi
273
Keaulumoku's Prophecy
276
The Tragedy of Spouting Cave
277
The Grave of Pupehe
283
The Lady of the Twilight
285
The Ladrones
286
Old Beliefs of the Filipinos
290
Animal Myths
300
Later Religious Myths and Miracles
304
Bankiva, the Philippine Pied Piper
315
The Crab Tried to Eat the Moon
317
The Conversion of Amambar
319
The Bedevilled Galleon
322
Two Runaways from Manila
329
The Christianizing of Wong
333
The Devil's Bridge
335
The Great Earthquake
339
Suppressing Magic in Manila
345
Faith that Killed
348
The Widow Velarde's Husband
351
The Grateful Bandits
352
ILLUSTRATIONS
Gate of the Walled City of Manila
_Frontispiece_
A Cuban Residence
Page 146
Down the Valley came Pouring a Flood of Lava
Page 232
Avenue of Palms, Hawaii
Page 262
IN THE CARIBBEAN
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