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Author : Alton Pryor
Publisher : Stagecoach Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780974755113
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (551 download)
Download or read book Little Known Tales in Hawaii History written by Alton Pryor and published by Stagecoach Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Berta Metzger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tales Told in Hawaii written by Berta Metzger and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from many islands of Polynesia, especially Hawaii.
Author : Vivian L. Thompson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824810764
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions written by Vivian L. Thompson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1986-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once in Old Hawaii, in the days when anything was possible, supernatural kupua roamed the islands, challenging kings and chiefs, tricking men, women, and boys. The Hawaiian people would tell and retell tales of kupua exploits, and of the men who challenged them. Some of the tall tales included in this volume are of shape-shifters like Shark Man of Ewa, who could change from man to shark, from shark to rat, from rat to a bunch of bananas. Others are of kupua with extraordinary powers like Kana, who could stretch himself as tall as a palm tree, as slender as a bamboo, as thin as a morning glory vine, as fine as a spider web. And there are men with rare and special weapons, such as Ka-ui-lani, whose talking spear could pick the winner of a cock fight before the birds were even in the ring. As in all tales told by word of mouth, change and exaggeration crept in, and perhaps this is how the kupua tale developed - through exaggeration. That they have survived, and continue to entertain, in present-day written form, is an indication of their universal appeal.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873360203
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Water of Kāne written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of legends of the various Hawaiian Islands.
Author : Koko Willis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780962803000
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Tales from the Night Rainbow written by Koko Willis and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Folktales of Hawaiʻi written by Mary Kawena Pukui and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Pukui's and Green's work, edited by Martha Beckwith, published in "Hawaiian stories and wise sayings" (1923), "Folk-tales from Hawaii" (1928), and "The legend of Kawelo and other Hawaiian folk tales" (1936). In English and Hawaiian, with explanatory notes.
Author : William Drake Westervelt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935180435
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Myths and Legends of Hawaii written by William Drake Westervelt and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maui and Hina -- Pele and her family -- Ghosts and ghost-gods -- Myths and legends of old Oahu -- A longer tale: The bride from the underworld.
Author : Glen Grant
Publisher : Mutual Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781566477048
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Obake written by Glen Grant and published by Mutual Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of twelve ghost stories leads readers into a world of obake, supernatural creatures, fireballs, choking ghosts at the University of Hawai'i dormitories the "faceless woman" of the Waialae Drive-in Theater, the "green lady" of Wahiawa, the mo'o wahine or supernatural lizard woman, inugami or dog spirit possession, mysterious occurrences in Kaimuki and Kipapa and other "chicken skin" encounters in Hawai'i. Invisible Ink calls this book true in spirit to the many ghostly traditions of the Islands.
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 : Padraic Colum
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300003765
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Legends of Hawaii written by Padraic Colum and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1937-09-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 19 tales from the Hawaiian people including The Arrow and the Swing and The Rolling Island
Author : Rick Carroll
Publisher : Bess Press
ISBN 13 : 9781573062657
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)
Download or read book The Best of Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales written by Rick Carroll and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1996, Rick Carroll's collections of true spooky stories have fascinated readers of all ages with their descriptions of encounters with the supernatural in Hawai'i. Now, 45 of over 200 published stories have been selected for this best of the best edition. Relive or experience anew spine-tingling accounts from all the islands.
Author : Bess Press
Publisher : Bess Press
ISBN 13 : 9781573061148
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales 4 written by Bess Press and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True eyewitness accounts of people's encounters with spirits, ghosts, and unbelievable natural phenomena in Hawaii.
Author : Ralph Simpson Kuykendall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Hawaii written by Ralph Simpson Kuykendall and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thos. G. Thrum
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736411618
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends written by Thos. G. Thrum and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is becoming more and more a matter of regret that a larger amount of systematic effort was not established in early years for the gathering and preservation of the folk-lore of the Hawaiians. The world is under lasting obligations to the late Judge Fornander, and to Dr. Rae before him, for their painstaking efforts to gather the history of this people and trace their origin and migrations; but Fornander's work only has seen the light, Dr. Rae's manuscript having been accidentally destroyed by fire. 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. 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, [vi]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.
Author : Thomas G. Thrum
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465580204
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Folk Tales written by Thomas G. Thrum and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. D. Westervelt
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Legends of Old Honolulu (Mythology) written by W. D. Westervelt and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of ancient Hawaiian folktales 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.
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.
