Book
Hawaiian mythology
University of Hawaii Press • Honolulu • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Beckwith, Martha Warren, Loumala, Katharine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, by Martha Warren Beckwith (1871-1959), a noted folklorist and ethnologist of her day, presents a definitive account of the myths, legends, traditions, folktales, and romances of the Hawaiian people. The book is divided into several parts dealing with stories of gods and ghosts, of ancestors as they appear in the genealogies of chiefs, and of fiction in the form of legends and romances…(p. 1).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Traditional history
- Verbal arts
- Sorcery
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Folklorist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1900-1950s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hawaiian Islands, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martha Beckwith. With a new introd. by Katharine Luomala
- Originally published in 1940
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-555)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70097998
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians