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Polynesian & Oceanic lore

18 entries · 7 sections

General

Oceanic MythologyRoland B. Dixon, 1916 — A highly readable and scholarly cross-cultural study of Pacific mythology and folklore

Easter Island

Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter IslandWilliam J. Thomson, 1891 — Includes images of the famous rongo-rongo tablets and one of the few attested translations available.

Maori

Polynesian MythologyGeorge Grey, 1854 — A primary source for the myths and legends of the Maori people of New Zealand.Maori Religion and MythologyEdward Shortland, 1882The Lore of the Whare-WanangaS. Percy Smith, 1913

Hawaii

Hawaiian MythologyMartha Warren Beckwith, 1940 — An extensive critical study of Hawaiian mythologyThe Kumulipo, A Hawaiian Creation ChantMartha Warren Beckwith, 1951 — The Kumulipo is the Royal Hawaiian Creation chantThe KumulipoLiliuokalani, 1897 — A translation of the Kumulipo by the last Queen of Hawaii.Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the HulaNathaniel B. Emerson, 1909Hawaiian Folk TalesThomas G. Thrum, 1907 — An anthology of classic Hawaiian folklore, including tales of Menehunes and Kahunas.Legends of MauiW.D. Westervelt, 1910 — A collection of Hawaiian and Polynesian legends about the culture hero, Maui.Hawaiian Legends of Old HonoluluW.D. Westervelt, 1915 — Of all of the sacred landscapes of the Pacific, the area around Honolulu is rich in lore.Hawaiian Legends of VolcanoesW.D. Westervelt, 1916 — The Fire Goddess Pele, her deeds, family and loves.Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-GodsW.D. Westervelt, 1916 — Tales of the Hawaiian afterlife, and those who returned from it by magic or cunning.Hawaiian Historical LegendsW.D. Westervelt, 1923 — Stories from Hawaii during the period of European contact.

Samoa

The Samoan Story of CreationJohn Fraser, 1891

Tahiti

Noa NoaPaul Gauguin, 1919 — Gauguin came to Tahiti to find the primitive, but was amazed by the advanced knowledge embedded in their mythology.

Melanesia

Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand IslandsBronislaw Malinowski, 1916 — A classic ethnographic monograph.