Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits /
Ancient Hawaiians lived in a world where all of nature was alive with the spirits of their ancestors. These aumakua have lived on through the ages as family guardians and take on many natural forms, thus linking many Hawaiians to the animals, plants, and natural phenomena of their island home. Indiv...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2002]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword / Beamer, Nona
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: 'Ulu, the Breadfruit
- Part Two: Kōlea, the Plover
- Part Three: Manō, the Shark
- Part Four: IPU, the Gourd
- Part Five: Pueo, the Owl
- About the Block Prints
- General Sources
- Legend Sources