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Hawaiian Historical Legends

Politics & Social Sciences

Westervelt, W.D.

Social Sciences

Ams Pr Inc

Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)

History

World

Wentworth Press

Originally published in 1915, this book provides an abundance of attractive nature myths and a cycle of legends recounting the exploits of the wonder-working demigod Maui. Lovers of legendary lore may feast upon this collection of traditional tales of the Hawaiian people. The ancient Hawaiians were of an imaginative turn of mind, and their traditions abound in tales of gods and goblins. 
As soon as the Hawaiian alphabet was prepared, in 1821, native writers began delving into their past, finding there a treasure-mine of romantic stories and of valuable ethnological and historical facts in regard to the Polynesian race. These stories were written originally in Hawaiian, for native newspapers, and have been collected and translated by the author, 
W. D. Westervelt was also the author of Legends of Old Honolulu and Maui: A Demi-God of Polynesia. He was president of the Hawaiian Historical Society for some time.

University Press of the Pacific

Ma-Ui A Demi God

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Legare Street Press

Ma-uia Demi God

BiblioLife

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Legends of gods and ghosts (Hawaiian mythology)

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