Légendes en United States (22 légendes)
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- Lava Tree State Monument
[Pāhoa (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
Scott Carpenter, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lava Tree State Monument
[Pāhoa (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
- The Search for the Treasure near the Building
[Huntsville (Walker County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
[Huntsville (Walker County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
- The Search for the Treasure near the Building
- The Excavation of the Ruins
[Dinero (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/07/26.
Themes: Fort Ramírez is in the southern part of Live Oak County, on my father’s ranch. When I was a boy, some of the old rock walls were still ten or twelve feet high, though already crumbling. As far back as I can remember, or have heard men tell, there were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/07/26.
Themes: Fort Ramírez is in the southern part of Live Oak County, on my father’s ranch. When I was a boy, some of the old rock walls were still ten or twelve feet high, though already crumbling. As far back as I can remember, or have heard men tell, there were … Read more
- The Excavation of the Ruins
[Dinero (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/07/26.
Themes: Fort Ramírez is in the southern part of Live Oak County, on my father’s ranch. When I was a boy, some of the old rock walls were still ten or twelve feet high, though already crumbling. As far back as I can remember, or have heard men tell, there were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/07/26.
Themes: Fort Ramírez is in the southern part of Live Oak County, on my father’s ranch. When I was a boy, some of the old rock walls were still ten or twelve feet high, though already crumbling. As far back as I can remember, or have heard men tell, there were … Read more
- The Treasure and the Attack by the Indians
[Dinero (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/06/26.
Themes: [...] The legend that I grew up knowing was that the “fort” had been the ranch of a Mexican or Spaniard named Ramírez, who became immensely wealthy raising sheep. He is supposed to have lived there more than a hundred years ago. Ramírez had a tunnel connecting his house with … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/06/26.
Themes: [...] The legend that I grew up knowing was that the “fort” had been the ranch of a Mexican or Spaniard named Ramírez, who became immensely wealthy raising sheep. He is supposed to have lived there more than a hundred years ago. Ramírez had a tunnel connecting his house with … Read more
[Dinero (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/06/26.
Themes: [...] The legend that I grew up knowing was that the “fort” had been the ranch of a Mexican or Spaniard named Ramírez, who became immensely wealthy raising sheep. He is supposed to have lived there more than a hundred years ago. Ramírez had a tunnel connecting his house with … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/06/26.
Themes: [...] The legend that I grew up knowing was that the “fort” had been the ranch of a Mexican or Spaniard named Ramírez, who became immensely wealthy raising sheep. He is supposed to have lived there more than a hundred years ago. Ramírez had a tunnel connecting his house with … Read more
- The Treasure and the Attack by the Indians
- The treasure in the Nueces
[Three Rivers (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes: General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes: General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more
- The treasure in the Nueces
[Three Rivers (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes: General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes: General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more
- Las Chuzas
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 11/06/26.
Themes: Five or six miles to the southwest of San Caja, the Spanish are believed to have operated a silver mine by the name of Las Chuzas, so called because of its proximity to the Las Chuzas Mountains. In later times Texas pioneers found that Indian bullets lodged in the spokes … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 11/06/26.
Themes: Five or six miles to the southwest of San Caja, the Spanish are believed to have operated a silver mine by the name of Las Chuzas, so called because of its proximity to the Las Chuzas Mountains. In later times Texas pioneers found that Indian bullets lodged in the spokes … Read more
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 11/06/26.
Themes: Five or six miles to the southwest of San Caja, the Spanish are believed to have operated a silver mine by the name of Las Chuzas, so called because of its proximity to the Las Chuzas Mountains. In later times Texas pioneers found that Indian bullets lodged in the spokes … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 11/06/26.
Themes: Five or six miles to the southwest of San Caja, the Spanish are believed to have operated a silver mine by the name of Las Chuzas, so called because of its proximity to the Las Chuzas Mountains. In later times Texas pioneers found that Indian bullets lodged in the spokes … Read more
- Las Chuzas
- Discovery of the Treasure
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/06/26.
Themes: Tilden—old Dog Town, remember—is the county seat of McMullen County. Not far from it is what is still known as the “old Tolbert Ranch,” though a man named Berry bought it years ago. I have heard the following story so many times, in so many places, that I have half … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/06/26.
Themes: Tilden—old Dog Town, remember—is the county seat of McMullen County. Not far from it is what is still known as the “old Tolbert Ranch,” though a man named Berry bought it years ago. I have heard the following story so many times, in so many places, that I have half … Read more
- Discovery of the Treasure
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/06/26.
Themes: Tilden—old Dog Town, remember—is the county seat of McMullen County. Not far from it is what is still known as the “old Tolbert Ranch,” though a man named Berry bought it years ago. I have heard the following story so many times, in so many places, that I have half … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/06/26.
Themes: Tilden—old Dog Town, remember—is the county seat of McMullen County. Not far from it is what is still known as the “old Tolbert Ranch,” though a man named Berry bought it years ago. I have heard the following story so many times, in so many places, that I have half … Read more
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/05/26.
Themes: The Pinnetahs were the pigmies of American Indians. They occupied the Hot Springs Valley, so the legend tells us, “when the sun was young, and green were the heads of all the mountains.” They were so small that the valley supported nearly fifty thousand, and their game was birds and … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/05/26.
Themes: The Pinnetahs were the pigmies of American Indians. They occupied the Hot Springs Valley, so the legend tells us, “when the sun was young, and green were the heads of all the mountains.” They were so small that the valley supported nearly fifty thousand, and their game was birds and … Read more
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/05/26.
Themes: The Pinnetahs were the pigmies of American Indians. They occupied the Hot Springs Valley, so the legend tells us, “when the sun was young, and green were the heads of all the mountains.” They were so small that the valley supported nearly fifty thousand, and their game was birds and … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/05/26.
Themes: The Pinnetahs were the pigmies of American Indians. They occupied the Hot Springs Valley, so the legend tells us, “when the sun was young, and green were the heads of all the mountains.” They were so small that the valley supported nearly fifty thousand, and their game was birds and … Read more
- The Goat Guardian of the Treasure
[Sandia (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 16/05/26.
Themes: “Something [...] happened down at the old Carmel place below Lagarto. You know it’s only about two or three miles north of Casa Blanca, the place people talk so much about. I don’t know what the truth is about that Carmel place, but as sure as you’re born, things have … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 16/05/26.
Themes: “Something [...] happened down at the old Carmel place below Lagarto. You know it’s only about two or three miles north of Casa Blanca, the place people talk so much about. I don’t know what the truth is about that Carmel place, but as sure as you’re born, things have … Read more
- The Goat Guardian of the Treasure
[Sandia (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 16/05/26.
Themes: “Something [...] happened down at the old Carmel place below Lagarto. You know it’s only about two or three miles north of Casa Blanca, the place people talk so much about. I don’t know what the truth is about that Carmel place, but as sure as you’re born, things have … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 16/05/26.
Themes: “Something [...] happened down at the old Carmel place below Lagarto. You know it’s only about two or three miles north of Casa Blanca, the place people talk so much about. I don’t know what the truth is about that Carmel place, but as sure as you’re born, things have … Read more
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
NPS Photo/Mitch Smith
- Happy Hallow Jug Fountain
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/05/26.
Themes: MINNEOLA was the daughter of Nanketuka, chief of the Petonahs. Her beauty was warm and mellow as the sun, and her form graceful as the bow of heaven. The dews of paradise were in her eyes and the symphony of shadow musicians in her voice. Flowers sprang up from her … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/05/26.
Themes: MINNEOLA was the daughter of Nanketuka, chief of the Petonahs. Her beauty was warm and mellow as the sun, and her form graceful as the bow of heaven. The dews of paradise were in her eyes and the symphony of shadow musicians in her voice. Flowers sprang up from her … Read more
NPS Photo/Mitch Smith
- Happy Hallow Jug Fountain
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/05/26.
Themes: MINNEOLA was the daughter of Nanketuka, chief of the Petonahs. Her beauty was warm and mellow as the sun, and her form graceful as the bow of heaven. The dews of paradise were in her eyes and the symphony of shadow musicians in her voice. Flowers sprang up from her … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/05/26.
Themes: MINNEOLA was the daughter of Nanketuka, chief of the Petonahs. Her beauty was warm and mellow as the sun, and her form graceful as the bow of heaven. The dews of paradise were in her eyes and the symphony of shadow musicians in her voice. Flowers sprang up from her … Read more
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- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
[Brownsville (Cameron County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
[Brownsville (Cameron County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palo_alto_0028.JPG
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Gh5046 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kalalau Valley
[Haena (Kauai County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
Gh5046 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kalalau Valley
[Haena (Kauai County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
- The Ghost of Old Carmel
[Sandia (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 24/04/26.
Themes: [...] “Some say there was a man dragged to death there while traveling through with both saddlebags full of money. He was sleeping with his saddle for a pillow, and some Mexicans surprised him, roped him, and dragged him to death. Old Captain Cox used to have a house close … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 24/04/26.
Themes: [...] “Some say there was a man dragged to death there while traveling through with both saddlebags full of money. He was sleeping with his saddle for a pillow, and some Mexicans surprised him, roped him, and dragged him to death. Old Captain Cox used to have a house close … Read more
[Sandia (Live Oak County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 24/04/26.
Themes: [...] “Some say there was a man dragged to death there while traveling through with both saddlebags full of money. He was sleeping with his saddle for a pillow, and some Mexicans surprised him, roped him, and dragged him to death. Old Captain Cox used to have a house close … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 24/04/26.
Themes: [...] “Some say there was a man dragged to death there while traveling through with both saddlebags full of money. He was sleeping with his saddle for a pillow, and some Mexicans surprised him, roped him, and dragged him to death. Old Captain Cox used to have a house close … Read more
- The Ghost of Old Carmel
- The Battle at Fort Casa Blanca
[Sandia (Jim Wells County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
- The Battle at Fort Casa Blanca
[Sandia (Jim Wells County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
- The Chief Looking at His Island
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/04/26.
Themes: Destruction Eruption volcanique Mort Prophétie Suicide Volcan Another chief was the one who was called, in Hawaiian legends, Ke-lii-kuku (The-Puna-chief-who-boasted). He was proud of Puna, celebrated as it was in song and legend. “Beautiful Puna! Clear and beautiful, Like a mat spread out. Shining like sunshine Edged by the forest of Malio.” — Ancient Chant Ke-lii-kuku visited … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/04/26.
Themes: Destruction Eruption volcanique Mort Prophétie Suicide Volcan Another chief was the one who was called, in Hawaiian legends, Ke-lii-kuku (The-Puna-chief-who-boasted). He was proud of Puna, celebrated as it was in song and legend. “Beautiful Puna! Clear and beautiful, Like a mat spread out. Shining like sunshine Edged by the forest of Malio.” — Ancient Chant Ke-lii-kuku visited … Read more
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/04/26.
Themes: Destruction Eruption volcanique Mort Prophétie Suicide Volcan Another chief was the one who was called, in Hawaiian legends, Ke-lii-kuku (The-Puna-chief-who-boasted). He was proud of Puna, celebrated as it was in song and legend. “Beautiful Puna! Clear and beautiful, Like a mat spread out. Shining like sunshine Edged by the forest of Malio.” — Ancient Chant Ke-lii-kuku visited … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/04/26.
Themes: Destruction Eruption volcanique Mort Prophétie Suicide Volcan Another chief was the one who was called, in Hawaiian legends, Ke-lii-kuku (The-Puna-chief-who-boasted). He was proud of Puna, celebrated as it was in song and legend. “Beautiful Puna! Clear and beautiful, Like a mat spread out. Shining like sunshine Edged by the forest of Malio.” — Ancient Chant Ke-lii-kuku visited … Read more
- The Chief Looking at His Island
- The Two-Headed Dragon and the Treasure
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 12/04/26.
Themes: The name “San Caja” is significant, though its meaning is in dispute. Some people who should know say that it means Holy, or Sainted, Box; that the word caja, meaning box, alludes to the chest, or chests, of treasure hidden in the mountain. But a white man native to the … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 12/04/26.
Themes: The name “San Caja” is significant, though its meaning is in dispute. Some people who should know say that it means Holy, or Sainted, Box; that the word caja, meaning box, alludes to the chest, or chests, of treasure hidden in the mountain. But a white man native to the … Read more
- The Two-Headed Dragon and the Treasure
[Tilden (McMullen County, United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 12/04/26.
Themes: The name “San Caja” is significant, though its meaning is in dispute. Some people who should know say that it means Holy, or Sainted, Box; that the word caja, meaning box, alludes to the chest, or chests, of treasure hidden in the mountain. But a white man native to the … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 12/04/26.
Themes: The name “San Caja” is significant, though its meaning is in dispute. Some people who should know say that it means Holy, or Sainted, Box; that the word caja, meaning box, alludes to the chest, or chests, of treasure hidden in the mountain. But a white man native to the … Read more
- Pele and Her Lovers
[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
- Pele and Her Lovers
USGS/M. Zoeller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilauea's eruption
[Volcano (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/04/26.
Themes: WHEN Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in possession of the territory. Ailaau was known and feared by all the people. Ai means “one who eats or devours.” Laau means “tree” or “a forest.” Ai-laau was, therefore, the fire-god … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/04/26.
Themes: WHEN Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in possession of the territory. Ailaau was known and feared by all the people. Ai means “one who eats or devours.” Laau means “tree” or “a forest.” Ai-laau was, therefore, the fire-god … Read more
USGS/M. Zoeller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilauea's eruption
[Volcano (Hawaii County, United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/04/26.
Themes: WHEN Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in possession of the territory. Ailaau was known and feared by all the people. Ai means “one who eats or devours.” Laau means “tree” or “a forest.” Ai-laau was, therefore, the fire-god … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/04/26.
Themes: WHEN Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in possession of the territory. Ailaau was known and feared by all the people. Ai means “one who eats or devours.” Laau means “tree” or “a forest.” Ai-laau was, therefore, the fire-god … Read more
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- Devils Den
[Rogersville (Webster County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
[Rogersville (Webster County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
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- Devils Den
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
[Hot Springs (Garland County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
[Arbaugh (Newton County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
[Arbaugh (Newton County, United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more