Scene from the Road over Nuuanu Pali 112.Scene in Olokele Gulch, Makaweli, Kauai 86.Hawaiian Girl of the Old Régime Frontispiece.Part II of the Legend of Ku-ula, the Fish God of Hawaii. Traditional Account of an Ancient Hawaiian Prophecy. Scene of the Demigod Kamapuaa’s Escape from Olopana. Ahuula: A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak. Stories of the Menehunes: Hawaii the Original Home of the Brownies. A Visit to the Spirit Land or, The Strange Experience of a Woman in Kona, Hawaii. Lonopuha or, Origin of the Art of Healing in Hawaii. Legends Resembling Old Testament History. Hyde, and others, all of whom are recognized authorities. The collection embraces contributions by the Rev. Shark legend having been furnished for this purpose from the papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society.
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The series has been enriched by the addition of several tales, the famous Of “The Hawaiian Annual” for a number of years past. In response to repeated requests, the compiler now presents in book form the series of legends that have been made a feature The legendary folk-lore of this interesting race.
The history and traditions of this people, strengthens the hope that some one may yet arise to give us further insight into This fact, as also the Hawaiian Historical Society’s desire to aid and stimulate research into Insures for posterity the result of one devoted scholar’s efforts to rescue the ancient traditions that are gradually slippingĪway for the haku meles (bards) of Hawaii are gone. Had an existence of some four years, but nothing of permanent value resulted therefrom.įornander’s manuscript collection of meles, legends, and genealogies in the vernacular has fortunately become, by purchase, the property of the Hon. Kalakaua toward collecting the meles, kaaos, and traditions of his race and for purposes looking to this end there was established by law a Board of Genealogy, which No one of late years had a better opportunity than Therein that is wholly foreign to ancient Hawaiian customs and thought. In this line also, as evidenced by his volume of “Legends and Myths of Hawaii,” edited by R. Forbes devoted some time and thought to the collecting of island folk-lore: and King Kalakaua took some pains Lyons, has furnished interesting extracts from these and other hakus. Pilipo and others are but samples of a wealth of material, most of which has been lost forever Kamakau, the earlier writings of David Malo, and There were native historians in those days the newspaper articles of S. Of the language, as also for a valuable manuscript collection of meles and antiquarian literature that passed to the custody of the Board of Education.
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To the late Judge Andrews we are indebted for a very full grammar and dictionary Much that would probably otherwise have been lost. The early attempts of Dibble and Pogue to gather history from Hawaiians themselves have preserved to native and foreign readers Rae’s manuscript having been accidentally destroyed by fire. Rae before him, for their painstaking efforts to gather the history of this people and trace their originĪnd migrations but Fornander’s work only has seen the light, Dr. The world is under lasting obligations to the late Judgeįornander, and to Dr. It is becoming more and more a matter of regret that a larger amount of systematic effort was not established in early yearsįor the gathering and preservation of the folk-lore of the Hawaiians. Thrum With sixteen illustrations from photographsĮntered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends Compiled by
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