The oral traditions and legends presented here are translated from Sebastian Englert's "Leyendas de Isla de Pascua: Textos Bilingües."

Despite what some may have written against him, Englert is and remains the foremost source on Easter Island, its language and its culture.

1. Makemake the Creator told by Arturo Teao Tori
2. Makemake the Creator told by Mateo Veriveri
3. A Vision of a Divine Being told by Carlos Teao Tori
4. The Stone Called Ûi Atua told by Moisés Teiki Tepano
5. The Two Spirits Tare and Rapahango told by Timoteo Pakarati
6. Tangaroa told by Santiago Pakarati
7. Hotu Matu'a's Native Land. A Cataclysm. Hau Maka's Vision told by Arturo Teao
8. The Expedition of the Seven Explorers
9. The Arrival of Hotu Matu'a. Five of the First Explorers Return Home.
10. How Yams were Brought from Hotu Matu'a's Homeland.
11. Hotu Matu'a Sends Men to Bring Moai Tautó to Easter Island.
12. The Story of Oroi
13. The Falling-Out of Hotu Matu'a and Vakai. Death of Vakai
14. Last Labours and Death of Hotu Matu'a
15. The Burial of Hotu Matu'a
16. Hotu Matu'a's Skull
17. The Obsidians of Hare o Ava (Burial of Hotu Matu'a) told by Leonardo Pakarati
18. Nuku Kehu, Builder of Hotu Matu'a's House told by Mateo Veriveri
19. An Ancient Cataclysm (Uoke) told by Mateo Veriveri
20. Ngata Vake told by Mateo Veriveri
21. Ngata Vake and Te Ohiro told by Gabriel Veriveri
22. The Tribes of Yore told by Juan Tepano
23. The People of the Tribes of Yore told by Mateo Veriveri
24. The "Hanau Eepe", their Immigration and Extermination told by Arturo Teao
25. The Making of the Stone Statues told by Arturo Teao
26. Another Version of "The Making of the Stone Statues"
27. The Fall of the Stone Statues told by Juan Araki
28. How the "Hats" were Put on the Statues told by Carlos Teao Tori, Mariana Atán, Santiago Pakarati
29. Tu'u Ko Iho's Moai Kavakava Puppets told by Arturo Teao
30. The Living Memory told by Juan Tepano
31. Transportation of the Stone Statues told by Santiago Pakarati
32. The Burial Niches told by Juan Tepano
33. How the Houses Were Built told by Juan Tepano
34. The Caves told by Mateo Veriveri
35. The Beds of the People told by Mateo Veriveri