HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES: 34 Folk and Fairy Tales from the Hawaiian Islands
About this ebook
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.
Tags: Hawaiian Folk Tales, Thomas Thrum, Polynesian Folklore, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Children’s Stories,Traditional Stories, Bedtime Stories, Hawaii, 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, Hawaiian Annual, Shark Legend, Maui, Legends Of Maui, Polynesian Mythology, Snaring The Sun, Origin Of Fire, Pele And The Deluge, Pele And Kahawali, Hiku And Kawelu, Kona, Menehunes, Fairy Folk, Home Of The Brownies, Moke Manu, Kahalaopuna, Princess Of Manoa, Kanikaniaula, First Feather Cloak, Tomb Of Puupehe, Legend Of Molokai, Fish God Of Hawaii, Legend Of Ku-Ula, Story Of The Anae-Holo, Myth Of The Hilu, Hou, Snoring Fish
About the author
Thomas G. Thrum (1842-1932) spent five years working in the Hawaiian sugar industry during the 1860s, including a spell at Kauai’s Koloa Plantation, when Robert W. Wood, the first entrepreneur to succeed financially in the Hawaiian sugar industry, was its owner.
Like that other famous folklorist, Joseph Jacobs, he was born in Australia. Thrum had immigrated to Hawaii with his parents in 1853 and had gone to sea on a whaler and clerked at stores in Honolulu and Hilo before taking over Black & Auld’s Honolulu stationary and news business in 1870.
Then in 1875, Thrum began publishing the “Hawaiian Almanac and Annual,” known also as “Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual,” a standard reference work he edited for the remainder of his life.
From 1881 to 1886, Thrum published the “Saturday Press,” and with J. J. Williams launched “Paradise of the Pacific” in 1888, which in 1966 became “Honolulu Magazine.”Thrum also did extensive archaeological fieldwork on the Big Island, Maui, Oahu and Kauai, where he located and then listed over 500 heiau. In his research of Hawaiian mythology, he recorded over 400 Hawaiian gods and goddesses.
Thrum also translated into English, revised and edited the “Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore,” known as the single greatest source of Hawaiian folklore, published by Bishop Museum between 1916 and 1920.
Among his many other published works are: “Stories of the Menehunes,” and “More Hawaiian Folk Tales.”
