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Author Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891.

Title 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 introduction by R.M. Daggett ; and with an introduction to the new edition by Terence Barrow.

Publication Info. Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Co., 1972.
1888.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.2    Check Shelf
Description v, 530 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Series Tut books. L
Note Reprint of the 1888 ed.
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.
Subject Legends -- Hawaii.
Folklore -- Hawaii.
Added Author Daggett, Rollin Mallory, 1831-1901.
Barrow, Terence, 1923-2001.
ISBN 080481032X
9780804810326
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