Hawaiian mythology / with a new introduction by Katharine Luomala.

Originally published in 1940.

Includes bibliographic references (p. [545]-555).

Part 1 - The gods. Part 2 - Children of the gods. Part 3 - The chiefs. Hawaiian mythology. Part 4 - Heroes and lovers in fiction

'Why, after thirty years, should Beckwith's Hawaiian Mythology be reprinted? Why, for the last twenty-five years, have scholars and amateurs alike sought for either new or used copies of this book which has become a rarity? To begin with, it was the first, and is still the only, scholarly work which charts a pathway through the hundreds of books and articles, many of them obscure and scarce, and through the little-known manuscripts that record the orally transmitted myths, legends, traditions, folktales, and romances of the Hawaiian people.' --Introduction

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