Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends - Softcover

Thrum, Thos. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497304024 ISBN 13: 9781497304024

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This collection of Hawaiian folk tales is fascinating reading for anyone interested in folklore.

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Hawaii's mystical past lives in the Battle of the Owls, the transformation of the pig-man Kamapuaa, the strifes of the demon-god Maui, the diminutive Menehune, and the legendary healers of old. Using the Hawaiian language sources of David Malo and Samuel Kamakau, Thrum was among the first to popularize island folk tales. First published in 1907, this collection brings together a series of legends printed in The Hawaiian Annual that included other noted folklorists of the time such as Emerson, Forbes, Gibson, Hyde, Nakuina, and Poepoe. These tales perpetuate the beauty and mystery of Hawaiian sacred tradition serving as an excellent first introduction to the myths, legends, and folk tales that once bound people and the spirit realm in a cosmic unity of purpose.

About the Author:

Thomas G. Thrum (1842 - 1932)

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1497304024
• ISBN 13: 9781497304024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96