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  • Hawaiian Legends: Introduction

  • The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People
  • By: King David Kalākaua
  • Narrated by: Kekoa Lake
  • Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins

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By: King David Kalākaua
Narrated by: Kekoa Lake
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Summary

Spanning several centuries of history in the Pacific, The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People is a collection of Hawaiian stories that were preserved through the ages by oral tradition and documented for posterity by King David Kalākaua in 1887. 

This massive tome recalls the tales of chiefs and kings, explorers and pirates, prophets, sorceresses, and renegades. This is the first in a series of 22 parts.

Public Domain (P)2022 Kekoa Lake

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