Selections from Fornander's Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore

Name: Selections from Fornander's Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore
Price: 83.0 USD
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ISBN: 9780870222139

ISBN-10: 0870222139

ISBN-13: 9780870222139

Edition: 1959

Authors: Samuel H. Elbert, Jean Charlot

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"A valuable library addition for either a folklorist, a linguist, or an ethnologist." --Western Folklore "The stories in this book are reprinted from Volumes IV and V of The Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, published by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in 1917, 1918, and 1919. They include some of the best-loved of Hawaiian stories, and the collection is probably the most important work on a traditional subject ever published in the Hawaiian language.... In the 1860s and 1870s, Abraham Fornander, circuit judge of Maui, employed several Hawaiians to seek out learned Hawaiians and write down their stories. The collectors included S. N. Kamakau, S. Haleole, and Kepelino…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 1959
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 1/1/1959
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 305
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English