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Quest 1: Hawaiian Moʻolelo

Hawaiian Mythology by Martha W. Beckwith
Call Number: GR385 .B43 1970 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)

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Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Native Planters in Old Hawaii by Handy, E. S.; E. G. Handy; Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Hawaiian Dictionary by Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert
Call Number: PL6446 .P78 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Publication Date: 1971 edition

Only the 1971 edition includes the "Glossary of Hawaiian gods, demigods, family gods, and a few heroes"
Sites of Maui by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.M3 S72 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference - Request at Circulation Desk)
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C7 1989 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)

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Handbook of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)

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Quest 2: Find another source

Ancient Oahʻu: Stories from Fornander & Thrum by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)

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Māui, the mischief maker by Dietrich Varez; Pua K. Kanahele
Call Number: GR110.H38 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by David Kalakaua
Call Number: GR385.H3 K3 1972 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Kamapuaʻa: The Hawaiian Pig-God by Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
Call Number: GR110.H38 M68 1996 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Legends of Maui: a demi-god of Polynesia and his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
Call Number: GR510 .W46 1913b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Pele Mā: legends of Pele from Kauaʻi by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.80 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Akua Hawaiʻi by Armitage, Kimo; Solomon Enos (Illustrator)
Call Number: BL2620.H3 A76 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Folktales of Hawaii by Pukui, Mary Kawena (Compiled by)
Call Number: GR110.H38 P85 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore by Fornander, Abraham; with translations revised and illustrated with notes by Thomas G. Thrum.
Call Number: AM101 .B4473 vols. 4-6 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-Request at Circulation Desk)

Text in Hawaiian and English
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Myths and Legends of Hawaiʻi by Westervelt, William D.
Call Number: GR110.H38 W45 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Nā Moʻolelo Hawai'i O Ka Wā Kahiko by Alameida, Roy K.
Call Number: PZ8.1.A42 Mo 1997 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Oceanic Mythology by Roslyn Poignant
Call Number: BL2600 .P6 1967 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Voices on the wind; Polynesian myths and chants
Call Number: BL2620 .P6 L82 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Hawaiian Legends by William H. Rice
Call Number: GR385.H3 R5 1977 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-Request at Circulation Desk)

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Pele by Varez, Dietrich; Pua K. Kanahele
Call Number: BL2620.H3 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Pele and Hiiaka by Emerson, Nathaniel B.
Call Number: GR385.H3 E55 1978 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-Request at Circulation Desk)

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Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawai'i by H. Arlo Nimmo
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Naupaka by Winona Desha Beamer
Call Number: PZ90.H27 B4 2008 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Hawaiian Legends of Dreams by Caren Loebel-Fried (Retold by)
Call Number: PZ8.1.L934 Har 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
The Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele by Hooulumahiehie; Puakea Nogelmeier
Call Number: GR385.H3 H66 2006b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii by Kamakau, Samuel M.; Lilikala Kame'Eleihiwa (Introduction by); Mary Kawena Pukui (Translator)
Call Number: DU624.65 .K3413 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)

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Hawaiian Legends in English: an annotated bibliography by Amos P. Leib; A. Grove Day
Call Number: Z5984.H38 L48 1979 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-Request at Circulation Desk)

Includes brief biographies of translators of Hawaiian legends

Quest 3: Hawaiian Legends Index

Search here to help you locate myths and legends indexed in 77 books.

Quest 4: Ulukau eBooks

Ulukau.org includes full-text digitized books on Hawaiian culture, history and language. Remember to try your search with and without the diacritics. Need help? Click here.

Newspaper & Journal Articles

Papakilo Database
Search Hawaiian-language newspapers (1834-1948) and more.
Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers
Digitized English-language newspapers published in Hawaiʻi from 1836-1922
The Hawaiian Journal of History
An annual scholarly journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Available in full-text online.
Scholarspace
A digital institutional repository for the University of Hawaii at Mānoa community.
Google Scholar
Hawaiʻi Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaiʻi & the Pacific

Hawaiʻi Place Names