Mythology & Legends
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CFP&CS
Hawaiian mele chant - includes a sample, and a written look at
the origins of mele, the chants that Hawaiian oral history,
myths, and more were passed through.
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Eye of
Hawaii - Hawaiian Legends - a collection of tales, all from
the Big Island?
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Hawaiian Legends
of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods - e-text collection of tales.
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Hawaiian
Legends: The Mystical, Mythical Underpinnings of Hula - not
all the links work, but good info where they do!
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Hawaiian Legends
of Old Honolulu - a collection of tales.
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Hawaiian Legends
of Volcanoes - e-text of this 1916 collection of tales.
- Hawaiian Mythology & Legends
- short tales, sorted by island and place, each illustrated by a
photo.
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Hawaiian Myths and Folklore: Ku, Kane, Lono, Kanaloa, Hina, Pele,
Kamapua'a, Maui - short descriptions and stories of same.
- THE KOHOLA (WHALE) IN HAWAI`I
- "Stories, comments and other items regarding whales"
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The Kumulipo -
"This book, which appears for the first time on the Internet at
Sacred Texts, contains the traditional Creation and Genealogical
Chant of the Hawaiian royal family, and Beckwith's extensive
textual, anthropological, and historical commentary. This is one
of the few source documents available in the realm of Polynesian
religion, and it is stunning."
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The Legend of
Kamapua'a - Hawaiian mythology - a retelling of this story.
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Maui
Myths/Folklore by MAUI CHEETAH - a collection of interesting
stories.
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Mythology
Page : Creative Minds Unlimited - a collection of Hawaiian
mythology.
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Pacific Mythology - Hawaii - several brief stories/articles.
- PBS Holo Mai Pele - Hawaiian Mythology
- discussion of mythology at the web site of this PBS production.
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PELE - Goddess of
Fire - good introductory article.
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Polynesian mythology - Wikipedia - a collection of articles.
This is where "Hawaiian Mythology" redirects to. If you know
what you are looking for, this seems like a good place to start.
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Polynesian Myths: Hawaii - an interesting collection of
information.
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