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The legends and myths of Hawaii; the fables and folk-lore of a strange people, by His Hawaiian Majesty King David Kalakaua. Edited and with an introd. by R.M. Daggett. And with an introd. to the new ed. by Terence Barrow.
LIBRA GR385.H3 K3 1972
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891
- Series:
- Tut books. L
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legends--Hawaiian.
- Legends.
- Hawaii.
- Legends--Hawaii.
- Genre:
- legends (literary genre)
- Legends
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- v, 530 pages illustrations 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle Co. [1972]
- Contents:
- Hina, the Helen of Hawaii
- The royal hunchback
- The triple marriage of Laa-mai-kahiki
- The apotheosis of Pele
- Hua, king of Hana
- The iron knife
- The sacred spear-point
- Kelea, the surf-rider of Maui
- Umi, the peasant prince of Hawaii
- Lono and Kaikilani
- The adventures of Iwikauikaua
- The prophecies of Keaulumoku
- The cannibals of Halemanu
- Kaiana, the last of the Hawaiian knights
- Kaala, the flower of Lanai
- The destruction of the temples
- The tomb of Puupehe
- The story of Laieikawai
- Lohiau, the lover of a goddess
- Kahavari, chief of Puna
- Kahalaopuna, the princess of Manoa.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1888 ed.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891. Legends and myths of Hawaii.
- ISBN:
- 080481032X
- 9780804810326
- OCLC:
- 508237
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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