Tag: Hawaiian

According to some of the oldest and least-known of Hawaii’s legends, man became a trickster to survive, and later became a riddler to win a place for himself in

When the storytellers of ancient Hawaii gathered by the light of candlenut torches, they told tales that explained the world around them. These tales described how the gods created

Climate and topography have greatly influenced the evolution of animal and plant life in the Hawaiian Islands. Sheltered canyons, steep precipices, and wide variations in rainfall and temperature have

Hawaiian folk tales. This book, “Hawaiian folk tales”, by Thomas G. Thrum, is a replication of a book originally published before 1907. It has been restored by human beings,