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Hawaiian mythology / Martha Beckwith ; with a new introd. by Katharine Luomala.

LIBRA BL2620.H3 B4 1976
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Beckwith, Martha Warren, 1871-1959.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hawaiian mythology.
Folklore--Hawaii.
Folklore.
Hawaii.
Legends--Hawaii.
Legends.
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 571 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, 1976.
Summary:
Ku and Hina-man and woman-were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations of mankind, both those who are to come and those already born.
Notes:
Originally published in 1940.
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages [545]-553.
ISBN:
0824805143
OCLC:
5773353

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