Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Legends Of The Wailuku As Told By Old Hawaiians full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Legends Of The Wailuku As Told By Old Hawaiians ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hapai Charlotte
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781313285131
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (851 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Hapai Charlotte and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1920 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330154274
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legends of the Wailuku: As Told by Old Hawaiians and Done Into the English Tongue Fed from the great watershed of Hawaii far up the densely wooded flanks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea - often snow-capped in winter - the Wailuku River roars through the very center of Hilo, principal town of the Island of Hawaii. There are many vague stories as to why the Wailuku River was so named. In the Hawaiian tongue Wailuku means literally "destroying water." In olden times before there were bridges and other safeguards the river wrought considerable damage to property and during the rainy season it took its toll of human lives. Legends connected with the Wailuku tend to confirm the belief that it was named for its violent habits. Long ago, so one legend goes, the much dreaded Kuna (dragon) blocked the gorge below Rainbow Falls with intent to back the waters up and drown the goddess Hina, who dwelt in the great cave for which the falls form a curtain. How her son, the demi-god Maui, came to the rescue, saved his mother, and finally hunted Kuna from his lair up the river and slew him, is told in the legend, "The Last of Kuna." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267416899
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legends of the Wailuku: As Told by Old Hawaiians and Done Into the English Tongue One time, when he was encamped near the mouth of the Wailuku, he planned a quiet visit to what is now known as Reed's Island where lived a particular friend of his. As this friend was a powerful chief, Kamehameha felt safe in going to him without his usual warrior body guard. Before leaving camp he called his ser vants to him and told them to stand watch over his canoe, that it might not be stolen or carried away by the tide. This they promised faithfully to do. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charlotte Hapai
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533419392
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Legends of Wailuku written by Charlotte Hapai and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As told by old Hawaiians and done into the English tongue by Charlotte Hapai. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]
Author : William Drake Westervelt
Publisher : Sanzani Edizioni
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Legends of Gods and Ghosts written by William Drake Westervelt and published by Sanzani Edizioni. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Excerpt from Legends of the Wailuku: As Told by Old Hawaiians and Done Into the English Tongue Fed from the great watershed of Hawaii far up the densely wooded flanks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea - often snow-capped in winter - the Wailuku River roars through the very center of Hilo, principal town of the Island of Hawaii. There are many vague stories as to why the Wailuku River was so named. In the Hawaiian tongue Wailuku means literally "destroying water." In olden times before there were bridges and other safeguards the river wrought considerable damage to property and during the rainy season it took its toll of human lives. Legends connected with the Wailuku tend to confirm the belief that it was named for its violent habits. Long ago, so one legend goes, the much dreaded Kuna (dragon) blocked the gorge below Rainbow Falls with intent to back the waters up and drown the goddess Hina, who dwelt in the great cave for which the falls form a curtain. How her son, the demi-god Maui, came to the rescue, saved his mother, and finally hunted Kuna from his lair up the river and slew him, is told in the legend, "The Last of Kuna."
Author : Hapai Charlotte
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318922963
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wailuku written by Hapai Charlotte and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Legends and Myths of Hawaii written by Various Authors and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaiian Legends & Myths is a collection of books by William Drake Westervelt, one of Hawaii's foremost authorities on island folklore. It contains five books Westervelt wrote about Hawaiian legends, folklore and mythology. "Legends of Maui" includes numerous myths of Māui, Polynesian demi god of Polynesia and Hina who is sometimes in myths his mother, and sometimes his wife. These myths and legends originate from various island groups around the Pacific and they are pesented in a clear and thorough manner. "Legends of Old Honolulu" is collection of ancient Hawaiian folktales which also includes some information about where the Hawaiians came from and the sacred places in Honolulu. As might be expected in stories originating on a small island, many of them feature the sea, boats, sea creatures or water. "Legends of Gods and Ghost-Gods" focuses on Polynesian mythology, taking a close look at Hawaiian folktales, mythology, and the history of the polytheistic practices still in place to this day. "Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes" – The first part of this book focuses on the legends of Hawaii and its volcanoes. The second part considers the geology of the region and discusses the crack in the floor of the Pacific, Hawaiian volcanoes, volcanic activity and the changes in the Kilauea crater. It also looks at the foundation of the observatory. "Hawaiian Historical Legends" take the reader through Hawaiian history from ancient times to becoming an American state. He adds that Hawaiian people are not overly concerned with dates but that these stories are all related one to another.
Author : Caren Loebel-Fried
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824825379
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits written by Caren Loebel-Fried and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Hawaiians lived in a world where all of nature was alive with the spirits of their ancestors. These aumakua have lived on through the ages as family guardians and take on many natural forms, thus linking many Hawaiians to the animals, plants, and natural phenomena of their island home. Individuals have a reciprocal relationship with their guardian spirits and offer worship and sacrifice in return for protection, inspiration, and guidance. Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits is told in words and pictures by award-winning artist Caren Loebel-Fried. The ancient legends are brought to life in sixty beautiful block prints, many vibrantly colored, and narrated in a lively "read-aloud" style, just as storytellers of old may have told them hundreds of years ago. Notes are included, reflecting the careful and extensive research done for this volume at the Bishop Museum Library and Archives in Honolulu and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A short section on the process of creating the block prints that illustrate the book is also included. The matching poster of "A Chance Meeting with the Iiwi" measures 22 x 28 inches.
Author : William D. Westervelt
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 819 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Mythology written by William D. Westervelt and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaiian Mythology is a collection of books by William Drake Westervelt, one of Hawaii's foremost authorities on island folklore. It contains five books Westervelt wrote about Hawaiian legends, folklore and mythology. "Legends of Maui" includes numerous myths of Māui, Polynesian demi god of Polynesia and Hina who is sometimes in myths his mother, and sometimes his wife. These myths and legends originate from various island groups around the Pacific and they are pesented in a clear and thorough manner. "Legends of Old Honolulu" is collection of ancient Hawaiian folktales which also includes some information about where the Hawaiians came from and the sacred places in Honolulu. As might be expected in stories originating on a small island, many of them feature the sea, boats, sea creatures or water. "Legends of Gods and Ghost-Gods" focuses on Polynesian mythology, taking a close look at Hawaiian folktales, mythology, and the history of the polytheistic practices still in place to this day. "Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes" – The first part of this book focuses on the legends of Hawaii and its volcanoes. The second part considers the geology of the region and discusses the crack in the floor of the Pacific, Hawaiian volcanoes, volcanic activity and the changes in the Kilauea crater. It also looks at the foundation of the observatory.
Author : William Drake Westervelt
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849659348
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Legends Of Old Honolulu written by William Drake Westervelt and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legends of a people are of interest to the scholar, the thinker, and the poet. They tell us of the struggles, the triumphs, and the wanderings of the people, of their thoughts, their aspirations; in short, they give us a twilight history of the race. As the geologist finds in the rocks the dim records of the beginnings of life on our planet, the first foreshadowings of the mighty forests that have since covered the lands, and of the countless forms of animal life that have at last culminated in Man, so does the historian discover in the legends of a people the dim traces of its origin and development till it comes out in the stronger light of the later day. So it is with the legends of the Hawaiians, or of the Polynesian race. We see them, very indistinctly, starting from some distant home in Asia, finally reaching the Pacific Ocean, and then gradually spreading abroad over its islands till they dominate a large portion of its extent. In bringing together this collection of Hawaiian legends, the author of this little book has conferred a great favor upon all those residents of Hawaii and of those visitors to its shores who may take an interest in its original inhabitants, once an exceedingly numerous people, but now a scattering remnant only. To that native race this little book will be at once a joy and a sorrow; to the heart of the haole, who has lived among them, known them intimately for thirty years or more (as has the writer of this Foreword), and learned to love them, this collection of the legends of old Honolulu brings a warm "Aloha!
Author : Various
Publisher : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN 13 : 6059654185
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Folk Tales written by Various and published by E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The volume is unique in that it relates to a period about which American readers have known little." —Boston Transcript. "With numerous illustrations from photographs" —A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers. In response to repeated requests, the compiler now presents in book form the series of legends that have been made a feature of "The Hawaiian Annual" for a number of years past. The series has been enriched by the addition of several tales, the famous shark legend having been furnished for this purpose from the papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society. The collection embraces contributions by the Rev. A. O. Forbes, Dr. N. B. Emerson, J. S. Emerson, Mrs. E. M. Nakuina, W. M. Gibson, Dr. C. M. Hyde, and others, all of whom are recognized authorities. The early attempts of Dibble and Pogue to gather history from Hawaiians themselves have preserved to native and foreign readers much that would probably otherwise have been lost. To the late Judge Andrews we are indebted for a very full grammar and dictionary of the language, as also for a valuable manuscript collection of meles and antiquarian literature that passed to the custody of the Board of Education. In the first volume of Judge Fornander's elaborate work on "The Polynesian Race" he has given some old Hawaiian legends which closely resemble the Old Testament history. How shall we account for such coincidences? *** There were native historians in those days; the newspaper articles of S. M. Kamakau, the earlier writings of David Malo, and the later contributions of G. W. Pilipo and others are but samples of a wealth of material, most of which has been lost forever to the world. From time to time Prof. W. D. Alexander, as also C. J. Lyons, has furnished interesting extracts from these and other hakus. The Rev. A. O. Forbes devoted some time and thought to the collecting of island folk-lore: and King Kalakaua took some pains in this line also, as evidenced by his volume of "Legends and Myths of Hawaii," edited by R. M. Daggett, though there is much therein that is wholly foreign to ancient Hawaiian customs and thought. No one of late years had a better opportunity than Kalakaua toward collecting the meles, kaaos, and traditions of his race; and for purposes looking to this end there was established by law a Board of Genealogy, which had an existence of some four years, but nothing of permanent value resulted therefrom. Fornander's manuscript collection of meles, legends, and genealogies in the vernacular has fortunately become, by purchase, the property of the Hon. C. R. Bishop, which insures for posterity the result of one devoted scholar's efforts to rescue the ancient traditions that are gradually slipping away; for the haku meles (bards) of Hawaii are gone. This fact, as also the Hawaiian Historical Society's desire to aid and stimulate research into the history and traditions of this people, strengthens the hope that some one may yet arise to give us further insight into the legendary folk-lore of this interesting race. T. G. T. Honolulu, January 1
Author : A. Grove Day
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824885007
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Legends in English written by A. Grove Day and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two centuries, a considerable number of Hawaiian legends have been translated into English. Although this material has been the subject of studies in anthropology, ethnology, and comparative mythology, no study has been made made of the translations and the translators themselves. Nor has a definitive bibliography of published translations been compiled. The purpose of this volume is to provide an extensive, annotated bibliography of both primary translations and secondary retellings in English, together with a historical and critical study of the more important translations.
Author :
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462912052
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Fire and Water written by and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1955-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire and Water is the first written collection of stories based on Hawaiian legends told on Maui. It is a classic Hawaiian children's book. The setting for this delightful collection of stories is the volcanoes and mountains, the blue seas, white sands, and clear skies of Maui Island in Hawaii—a place as rich in legends and myths as any in the world. Fire and Water is the first written collection of stories based on legends told on Maui. They have been retold in a style that will appeal to young and old readers alike. Though writing primarily for children, Barbara Lyons has conveyed the conflicts, emotions, and personalities of the characters whose stories have been told and retold by generations of Hawaiians. Readers will meet princesses and shark–men, dragons and owl–gods, as well as ordinary boys and girls in the midst of amazing adventures. In some of the stories, they will learn how Maui traditions began and how any Hawaiian places got their names. The striking illustrations by Maui artist Betty Rice add a new dimension to each story . A pronunciation guide and glossary of Hawaiian words enables the reader to take one step further inside this enchanted world.
