Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods, credited to William Drake Westervelt, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods by William Drake Westervelt. Read in English 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods
• Author credits: William Drake Westervelt
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 8:14:16

Catalogue topics

• USA
• ghost
• ghosts
• folklore
• island
• hawaii
• 1915
• 2018

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

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. 04 - Kalo-eke-eke, the Timid Taro — 5:02
7. 05 - Legendary Canoe-making — 11:35
8. 06 - Lau-ka-ieie — 24:32
9. 07 - Kauhuhu, the Shark-God of Molokai — 18:15
10. 08 - The Shark-man of Waipio Valley — 12:46
11. 09 - The Strange Banana Skin — 14:25
12. 10 - The Old Man of the Mountain — 18:43
13. 11 - Hawaiian Ghost Testing — 14:03
14. 12 - How Milu became the King of Ghosts — 8:09
15. 13 - A Visit to the King of Ghosts — 10:28
16. 14 - Kalai-Pahoa, the Poison-god — 11:00
17. 15 - Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 1 — 28:07
18. 16 - Ke-ao-mele-mele, the Maid of the Golden Cloud, part 2 — 27:28
19. 17 - Puna and the Dragon — 15:26
20. 18 - Ke-au-nini, part 1 — 43:27
21. 19 - Ke-au-nini, part 2 — 39:17
22. 20 - Ke-au-nini, part 3 — 40:08
23. 21 - The Bride from the Under-world — 22:08
24. 22 - The Deceiving of Kewa — 13:52

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