The offspring of the Sky and Earth -- Tangaroa maker of all things -- Creation -- Havaiki the land -- When the Sky lay on the Earth -- The conflict of the Gods -- Tiki the first man -- Hina and the Eel -- A chant of creation -- Turtle, fowl and pig -- The woman in the moon -- Ataraga at the pool -- Maui-of-a-thousand-tricks -- Maui and Tuna -- Hine and Tinirau -- Tahaki of the golden skin -- How Tahaki lost his golden skin -- The legend of Rata -- Apukura's mourning for her son -- Anointing of a new-born child -- Baptismal chant -- Chant for a new tooth -- Lament on losing a kite -- Confirmation of a warrior -- Two love songs -- Chant to dump a surfer -- A boasting chant in war -- Chant on the dying of an only child -- Tonga's lament for his daughter -- A widow's funeral chant -- Onokura laments his old age -- Kae and the whale -- Tahia the fragrant girl -- Kuikueve -- A mother shames her son -- How Hotu matua found this land -- The fight with Oroi -- The story of the wooden images -- How the short-ears conquered the long-ears -- The eruption of Pele's anger -- Lonopuha, or the origin of healing -- Ahu ula: the first feather cloak -- The origin of Kava -- The origin of the Magellan clouds -- Tokelau moetonga -- Louse and Flea go fishing -- Tu'i Tofua -- The consequence -- Lepuha and the widow -- Samoan gift, Tongan payment -- Fiti au mua -- The dolphins at Fagasa -- The rat and the flying-fox -- Why the sea-slug has two mouths -- How counting came to be from one to ten -- The basket of souls -- The Eitu who went as a man's wife -- The lobster and the flounder -- The women and the bats -- Mataora and Niwareka -- Te Kanawa and the visitors by firelight -- Kahukura and the Net-makers -- Lizard-husband, scaly skin -- Hine and Tu -- Manii and the spears -- Ugly-ugly! Frizzled-heads! -- Rao's dirge for herself -- The coming of Tute -- Canoe-launching song -- By whose command? -- Chant to Io.