Hawaiian legends of ghosts and ghost-gods
(1964)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tuttle Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 1964
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781462901364 (electronic bk.) MWT11777517, 1462901360 (electronic bk.) 11777517
LANGUAGE
English
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Hawaiian Legends of Ghost and Ghost-Gods is a series of richly entertaining Hawaiian folk tales. The legends of the Hawaiian Islands are as diverse as those of any there region in the world. At the same time, although Hawaiian mythology follows the laws upon which all myths are constructed; these legends are entirely distinct in form and thought from those of European origin. Often, of course, there historical foundation that has been dealt with fancifully and enlarged to miraculous proportions. In addition to creating an abundance of attractive nature myths and cycle of legends recounting the exploits of the wonder-working demigod a magically entertaining series of tales about ghost and ghost-gods, and it was from this group of legends that W. D. Westervelt collected and translated the ones that make up the present volume

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