| #1381723 in Books | 2008-05-07 | Original language:English | 9.00 x1.19 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 524 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Leslie|Just as advertised.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Loved it!|By Lily|This was a great book on Hawaiian mythology. I visited Hawaii and became curious about their ancestors.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Kimk |Invaluable for all those whose interest lies with the myths, legends, traditions, and folktales of the Hawaiian peoples . . . a classic of Hawaiian ethnography and folklore. --Mankind Quarterly||Invaluable for all
This is Martha Beckwith's monumental study of Hawaiian mythology. Beckwith utilized numerous texts which are today rare or hard to obtain to construct this study. She gives all available variants of each myth or legend, including versions from other Pacific islands including Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and others. This is primarily a critical edition of the key Hawaiian myths, and Beckwith largely does not attempt to interpret the texts, rather to examine both variant narrative...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Hawaiian Mythology (Forgotten Books) | Martha Warren Beckwith. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
