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Mo'olelo can be both fictional and nonfictional narratives; [5] [6] the term moʻolelo haku wale refers specifically to a fictional story, [2] while kaʻao refers to a fictionalized story that may still be true. [7] [clarification needed] All moʻolelo are set in specific and identifiable locations. [8] [8]
The Paʻao story makes its first documented historical appearance in 1835–1836, in a collection of Hawaiian traditions called Moolelo Hawaii assembled by Hawaiian students of Lahainaluna High School, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. This collection was the basis of Sheldon Dibble's 1838 history of Hawaii.
The tradition of Kapaemahu, like all pre-contact Hawaiian knowledge, was orally transmitted. [11] The first written account of the story is attributed to James Harbottle Boyd, and was published by Thomas G. Thrum under the title “Tradition of the Wizard Stones Ka-Pae-Mahu” in the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1907, [1] and reprinted in 1923 under the title “The Wizard Stones of Ka-Pae ...
The legend of Umi is one of the most popular hero sagas in Hawaiian history. While there is probably embellishment to the story, as many sagas do, a portion of historical accuracy remains. [5] ʻUmi-a-Līloaʻs wife was Princess Piʻikea, [6] daughter of Piʻilani, Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui.
Statue dedicated to Kihawahine [1]. Kihawahine is a Hawaiian shapeshifting lizard goddess ().When Kihawahine Mokuhinia Kalama‘ula Kalā‘aiheana, the daughter of the powerful sixteenth-century ruling chief of Māui, Piʻilani, and his wife Lā‘ieloheloheikawai, died, her bones were deified, transforming her into the goddess. [2]
Hula dancers in a Luau in Lāhainā, in traditional kī leaf skirts. Four deities of this name can be differentiated: [2] (1) Ku-ka-ohia-LAKA, male patron of the hula-dance [3] Ku-ka-ohia is the god of Hula dancing and canoe building.
Zepherin "Kepelino" Kahōʻāliʻi Keauokalani (c. 1830 – c. 1878) was a Native Hawaiian cultural historian who wrote Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii.Born into a family descended from both the Hawaiian priestly class and nobility, Kepelino converted to Roman Catholicism with his family at an early age.
The story of the creation of the Hawaiian Islands and the first Hawaiian was told orally from generation to generation for a long time. When the Hawaiian writing system was established in the 18th century, it was put into documents, especially the Kumulipo of the Hawaiian royalty's story of creation and genealogy. The Kumulipo was later opened ...