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Hawaiian Mythology
Language: en
Pages: 612
Authors: Martha Warren Beckwith
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-06-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: David Kalakaua
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Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: CHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.

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The legends following are of a group of sunny islands lying almost midway between Asia and America—a cluster of volcanic craters and coral-reefs, where the mo
Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky
Language: en
Pages: 92
Authors: Vivian L. Thompson
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-05-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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When the storytellers of ancient Hawaii gathered by the light of candlenut torches, they told tales that explained the world around them. These tales described
Myths and Legends of Hawaii
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: William Drake Westervelt
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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.
Selections from Fornander's Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore
Language: en
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Authors: Samuel H. Elbert
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1959-01-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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"A valuable library addition for either a folklorist, a linguist, or an ethnologist." --Western Folklore "The stories in this book are reprinted from Volumes IV