Hawaiian Folk Tales - Softcover

Thos. G. Thrum

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ISBN 10: 1566471664 ISBN 13: 9781566471664

Publisher: Mutual Publishing Company, 1998

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Hawaii's mystical past lives in the Battle of the Owls, in the transformation of the the pig-man Kamapuaa, the strifes of the demigod Maui, the diminutive Menehune and the legendary healers of old. First published in 1907, this collection by Thomas G. Thrum brought together a series of legends printed in The Hawaiian Annual by noted folklorists Emerson, Forbes, Gibson, Hyde, Nakuina and Poepoe.

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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.

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Thomas G. Thrum (1842 - 1932)

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