Hawaiian Historical Legends

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Author: William D. Westervelt ISBN: 9781465580986
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William D. Westervelt
ISBN: 9781465580986
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
FROM mist to sunshine--from fabled gods to a constitution and legislature as a Territory of the United States--this is the outline of the stories told in the present volume. This outline is thoroughly Hawaiian in the method of presentation. The old people rehearsed stories depending upon stories told before. They cared very little for dates. This is a book of stories related to each other. Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched--such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands. For in-stance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named. Ka-kuhi-hewa, ruler of Oahu, was the King Arthur of the Hawaiians, with a band of noted chiefs around his poi-bowl. Umi was a remarkable king of the island Hawaii. Many individual incidents of these persons are yet to be related. The Hawaiian language papers since 1835, Fornander's Polynesian Researches, and many of the old Hawaiians have been of great assistance in searching for these "fragments of Hawaiian history," now set forth in this book.
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FROM mist to sunshine--from fabled gods to a constitution and legislature as a Territory of the United States--this is the outline of the stories told in the present volume. This outline is thoroughly Hawaiian in the method of presentation. The old people rehearsed stories depending upon stories told before. They cared very little for dates. This is a book of stories related to each other. Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched--such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands. For in-stance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named. Ka-kuhi-hewa, ruler of Oahu, was the King Arthur of the Hawaiians, with a band of noted chiefs around his poi-bowl. Umi was a remarkable king of the island Hawaii. Many individual incidents of these persons are yet to be related. The Hawaiian language papers since 1835, Fornander's Polynesian Researches, and many of the old Hawaiians have been of great assistance in searching for these "fragments of Hawaiian history," now set forth in this book.

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