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Hawaiian folk tales: $b a collection of native legends

Hawaiian folk tales: $b a collection of native legends

Author, Unknown

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ISBN13: 9798182701082
Publisher: Kamira Books
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

isacompilationoftraditionalHawaiianlegends, likelywritten in the early 20th century. The work aims to preserve native folklore, show casing various stories and characters intrinsic to Hawaiian culture, such as the demigod Maui and the goddess Pele. Each tale reflects the rich mytho logical landscape of Hawaii, illustrating the values, struggles, and beliefs of its people. At the start of the collection, Thrum emphasizes the importance of documentingHawaiianfolkloredue to its gradual disappearance andref erences the earlier works of prominent scholars who contributed to this dis course. Following the preface, the contents indicate a range of stories from the creation myths that resemble Biblical narratives to the exploits of Maui, who captures the sun to extend daylight for his mother. Each narrative in troduces distinct characters and themes, setting the stage for an exploration of Hawaiian spirituality and cultural identity throughout the chapters kaopelewasborn inWaipio, Hawaii. Whenbornhedidnotbreathe, and his parents were greatly troubled; but they washed his body clean, and having arrayed it in good clothes, they watched anxiously over the body for several days, and then, concluding it to be dead, placed it in a small cave in the face of the cliff. There the body remained from the summer month of Ikiki (July or August) to the winter month of Ikua (December or January), a period of six months. At this time they were startled by a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and the rumbling of an earthquake. At the same time appeared the mar vellous phenomenon of eight rainbows arching over the mouth of the cave. Abovethedinofthestormtheparentsheardthevoiceoftheawakenedchild calling to them: Let yourloverest uponme, Omyparents, whohavethrustmeforth, Who have left me in the cavernous cliff, Who have heartlessly placed me in the Cliff frequented by the tropic bird! O Waiaalaia, my mother! O Waimanu, myfather! Come andtake me!

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