HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES - 34 Hawaiian folk and fairy tales E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Herein you will find 34 folk and fairy tales from the Hawaiian Islands. Of special note is the section on the MENEHUNES, or fairy folk, of Hawaii. Unsurprisingly the islands are often referred to as the Home of the Brownies. You will also find the tales of AI KANAKA; A LEGEND OF MOLOKAI, MAUI SNARING THE SUN, THE LOCATION OF THE LUA O MILU, KALELEALUAKA, LAKA'S ADVENTURE, KEKUPUA'S CANOE, THE BATTLE OF THE OWLS and many, many more.If you have interest in the native Hawaiian people, and indeed the Polynesian race as a whole, then you will do well to include this book in your library. However, if you are seeking märchen, different to the usual European diet of princes on white stallions dashing in to save a beautiful princess, then this volume is bound to keep you captivated for hours as well.This book was created in response to repeated requests from the public. The compiler, Thomas. G. Thrum, therefore presented in book form the series of legends that have were made a feature of "The Hawaiian Annual", originally published as early as 1875 and through to the 1970’s. The series has been enriched by the addition of several tales, the famous shark legend having been furnished for this purpose from the papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society.In similar vein Abela Publishing has also published “The Legends of Maui” a book containing the 15 legends of Maui’s exploits and adventures, under ISBN: 9781907256950.A second volume of Polynesian folklore is Polynesian Mythology Ancient Traditional History Of The New Zealanders (phew!) has been published under ISBN: 9781907256318 and has a shorter sub-title of Maori Folklore. The book contains 23 Maori myths and legends collected by Sir George Grey and published in 1945. Sir George Grey was twice appointed Governor General of New Zealand firstly from 1845 to 1853, and again from 1861 to 1868. He was later elected Prime Minister. So accurate was Sir George’s  translations of Maori folklore that he was able to use the precedents in the folklore of this volume to settle disputes amongst the Maori.33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. 

Leseprobe

HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES

A COLLECTION OF NATIVE LEGENDS

COMPILED and RETOLD by

THOS. G. THRUM

Originally Published By

A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago

1907

Resurrected by

Abela Publishing, London

2017

Hawaiian Folk Tales

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Frontispiece

Woodcut “Maruru”

Paul Gaugin (1848 – 1903)

Acknowledgements

The Publisher acknowledges the work that

Thomas Thrum

did

in compiling and retelling

Hawaiin Folk Tales

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

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33% of the net profit from the sale of this book

will be donated to Charities.

PREFACE

IT is becoming more and more a matter of regret that a larger amount of systematic effort was not established in early years for the gathering and preservation of the folk-lore of the Hawaiians. The world is under lasting obligations to the late Judge Fornander, and to Dr. Rae before him, for their painstaking efforts to gather the history of this people and trace their origin and migrations; but Fornander's work only has seen the light, Dr. Rae's manuscript having been accidentally destroyed by fire.

The early attempts of Dibble and Pogue to gather history from Hawaiians themselves have preserved to native and foreign readers much that would probably otherwise have been lost. To the late Judge Andrews we are indebted for a very full grammar and dictionary 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.

There were native historians in those days; the newspaper articles of S. M. Kamakau, the earlier writings of David Malo, and the later contributions of G. W. Pilipo and others are but samples of a wealth of material, most of which has been lost forever to the world. From time to time Prof. W. D. Alexander, as also C. J. Lyons, has furnished interesting extracts from these and other hakus.

The Rev. A. O. Forbes devoted some time and thought to the collecting of island folk-lore: and King Kalakaua took some pains in this line also, as evidenced by his volume of "Legends and Myths of Hawaii," edited by R. M. Daggett, though there is much therein that is wholly foreign to ancient Hawaiian customs and thought. No one of late years had a better opportunity than 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 had an existence of some four years, but nothing of permanent value resulted therefrom.

Fornander's manuscript collection of meles, legends, and genealogies in the vernacular has fortunately become, by purchase, the property of the Hon. C. R. Bishop, which insures for posterity the result of one devoted scholar's efforts to rescue the ancient traditions that are gradually slipping away; for the haku meles (bards) of Hawaii are gone. This fact, as also the Hawaiian Historical Society's desire to aid and stimulate research into the history and traditions of this people, strengthens the hope that some one may yet arise to give us further insight into the legendary folk-lore of this interesting race.

T. G. T.

HONOLULU, January 1, 1907.

NOTE

IN response to repeated requests, the compiler now presents in book form the series of legends that have been made a feature of "The Hawaiian Annual" for a number of years past. The series has been enriched by the addition of several tales, the famous shark legend having been furnished for this purpose from the papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society.

The collection embraces contributions by the Rev. A. O. Forbes, Dr. N. B. Emerson, J. S. Emerson, Mrs. E. M. Nakuina, W. M. Gibson, Dr. C. M. Hyde, and others, all of whom are recognized authorities.

T. G. T.

HONOLULU, January 1, 1907.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Note

I Legends Resembling Old Testament

History

II Exploits Of Maui

i.--Snaring The Sun

ii.--The Origin Of Fire

III Pele And The Deluge

IV Pele And Kahawali

V Hiku And Kawelu

Location Of The Lua O Milu

VI Lonopuha; Or, Origin Of The Art Of

Healing In Hawaii

VII A Visit To The Spirit Land; Or, The Strange Experience Of A Woman In Kona, Hawaii

VIII Kapeepeekauila; Or, The Rocks Of Kana

IX Kalelealuaka

Part I

Part II

Part III

X Stories Of The Menehunes of Hawaii - The

Original Home Of The Brownies

Moke Manu's Account

Pi's Watercourse

Laka's Adventure

Kekupua's Canoe

As Heiau Builders

XI Kahalaopuna, Princess Of Manoa

XII The Punahou Spring

XIII Oahunui

XIV Ahuula - A Legend Of Kanikaniaula

And The First Feather Cloak

XV Kaala And Kaaialii; A Legend Of

Lanai

XVI The Tomb Of Puupehe; A Legend Of

Lanai

XVII Ai Kanaka; A Legend Of Molokai

XVIII Kaliuwaa; Scene Of The Demigod

Kamapuaa's Escape From Olopana

XIX Battle Of The Owls

XX This Land Is The Sea's; Traditional

Account Of An Ancient Hawaiian

Prophecy

XXI Ku-Ula, The Fish God Of Hawaii

XXII Aiai, Son Of Ku-Ula; Part Ii Of The

Legend Of Ku-Ula, The Fish God Of

Hawaii

XXIII Kaneaukai; A Legend Of Waialua

XXIV The Shark-Man, Nanaue

XXV Fish Stories And Superstitions

Deified Fish Superstition

Story Of The Anae-Holo

Myth Of The Hilu

The Hou, Or Snoring Fish

Glossary

HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES

I

LEGENDS RESEMBLING OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY

REV. C. M. HYDE, D. D.

IN the first volume of Judge Fornander's elaborate work on "The Polynesian Race" he has given some old Hawaiian legends which closely resemble the Old Testament history. How shall we account for such coincidences?

Take, for instance, the Hawaiian account of the Creation. The Kane, Ku, and Lono: or, Sunlight, Substance, and Sound,--these constituted a triad named Ku-Kaua-Kahi, or the Fundamental Supreme Unity. In worship the reverence due was expressed by such epithets as Hi-ka-po-loa, Oi-e, Most Excellent, etc. "These gods existed from eternity, from and before chaos, or, as the Hawaiian term expressed it, 'mai ka po mai' (from the time of night, darkness, chaos). By an act of their will these gods dissipated or broke into pieces the existing, surrounding, all-containing po, night, or chaos. By this act light entered into space. They then created the heavens, three in number, as a place to dwell in; and the earth to be their footstool, he keehina honua a Kane. Next they created the sun, moon, stars, and a host of angels, or spirits--i kini akua--to minister to them. Last of all they created man as the model, or in the likeness of Kane. The body of the first man was made of red earth--lepo ula, or alaea--and the spittle of the gods--wai nao. His head was made of a whitish clay--palolo--which was brought from the four ends of the world by Lono. When the earth-image of Kane was ready, the three gods breathed into its nose, and called on it to rise, and it became a living being. Afterwards the first woman was created from one of the ribs--lalo puhaka--of the man while asleep, and these two were the progenitors of all mankind. They are called in the chants and in various legends by a large number of different names; but the most common for the man was Kumuhonua, and for the woman Keolakuhonua [or ].