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Hawaiian Mythology
Martha Warren Beckwith · 1940 · English
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Hawaiian Mythology
Martha Warren Beckwith
Beckwith's survey of Hawaiian gods, demigods and chiefs, drawn from nineteenth-century Hawaiian-language sources; the standard reference on Pele, Maui and the Kumulipo.
About this work
Beckwith's survey of Hawaiian gods, demigods and chiefs, drawn from nineteenth-century Hawaiian-language sources; the standard reference on Pele, Maui and the Kumulipo.
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Retellings in the atlas that quote or cite this work.
Maui Slows the SunmythWhen the sun raced too quickly across the sky, leaving people without enough daylight for their work, Maui captured and beat it until it agreed to move slowly. This myth explains the length of days.
Pele and Hi'iakaepicThe epic saga of Pele's love for the mortal chief Lohiau, and the dangerous journey her sister Hi'iaka undertakes to bring him to Hawaii - a story of love, jealousy, and the conflict between divine sisters.
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