Hawaiian Folk Tales
Author | : Thomas G. Thrum |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465580204 |
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Author | : Thomas G. Thrum |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465580204 |
Author | : Samuel H. Elbert |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1959-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780870222139 |
"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 and V of The Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, published by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in 1917, 1918, and 1919. They include some of the best-loved of Hawaiian stories, and the collection is probably the most important work on a traditional subject ever published in the Hawaiian language.... In the 1860s and 1870s, Abraham Fornander, circuit judge of Maui, employed several Hawaiians to seek out learned Hawaiians and write down their stories. The collectors included S. N. Kamakau, S. Haleole, and Kepelino Keauokalani, each of whom has made important contributions to our knowledge of the old culture." -from the Introduction
Author | : Roy Alameida |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781573060264 |
Forty-five tales, stories and legends adapted from various sources about the natural history of Hawaii and the customs, crafts, arts and history of Polynesian Hawaiians. Includes one original story by the compiler.
Author | : Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Hawaii |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kristiana Kahakauwila |
Publisher | : Hogarth |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2013-07-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0770436250 |
Elegant, brutal, and profound—this magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy. In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self, This Is Paradise provides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island. In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death. Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.
Author | : David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Caren Loebel-Fried |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2005-08-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0824845242 |
Moe‘uhane, the Hawaiian word for dream, means "soul sleep." Hawaiians of old believed they communicated with ‘auma-kua, their ancestral guardians, while sleeping, and this important relationship was sustained through dreaming. During "soul sleep," people received messages of guidance from the gods; romantic relationships blossomed; prophecies were made; cures were revealed. Dreams provided inspiration, conveying songs and dances that were remembered and performed upon waking. Specialists interpreted dreams, which were referred to and analyzed whenever important decisions were to be made. Having no written language, Hawaiians passed their history and life lessons down in the form of legends, which were committed to memory and told and retold. And within these stories are a multitude of dreams--as in a famous legend of the goddess Pele, who travels in a dream to meet and entrance the high chief Lohi‘au. Dreams continue to play an important role in modern Hawaiian culture and are considered by some to have as powerful an influence today as in ancient times. In this companion volume to her award-winning Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits, artist Caren Loebel-Fried retells and illuminates nine dream stories from Hawai‘i's past that are sure to please readers young and old, kama‘aina and malihini, alike.
Author | : Glen Grant |
Publisher | : Mutual Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781566477048 |
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 | : Edward J. McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Children's writings, American |
ISBN | : 9780834830271 |
This book about Hawaii is written in the words and pictures of the children of Hawaii.
Author | : Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0824864549 |
Talking Hawaii’s Story is the first major book in over a generation to present a rich sampling of the landmark work of Hawaii’s Center for Oral History. Twenty-nine extensive oral histories introduce readers to the sights and sounds of territorial Waikiki, to the feeling of community in Palama, in Kona, or on the island of Lanai, and even to the experience of a German national interned by the military government after Pearl Harbor. The result is a collection that preserves Hawaii’s social and cultural history through the narratives of the people who lived it—co-workers, neighbors, family members, and friends. An Introduction by Warren Nishimoto and Michi Kodama-Nishimoto provides historical context and information about the selection and collection methods. Photos of the interview subjects accompany each oral history. For further reading, an appendix also provides information about the Center for Oral History’s major projects.