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Quest 1: Hawaiian Moʻolelo

Hawaiian Mythology by Martha W. Beckwith
Call Number: GR385 .B43 1970 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Available as an eBook via Ulukau.

Find your deity / topic in one of the books below.

Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Refer to the Detailed Index online via Ulukau to see what might be included about your area.
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment by E.S. Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy, & Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3
(Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian Dictionary (1971 ed.) by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert
Call Number: PL6446 .P78 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

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 - Ask at Circulation)
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C7 1989 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Available online via Ebook Central.
Handbook of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Available online via Ebook Central.
Print copy also available in General Reference Collection, 1st floor.

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Subjects: Hawaii, Hawaiian Language (HAW), Hawaiian Studies (HWST), Pacific Islands Studies (PACS)

Quest 2: Find another source

Ancient Oʻahu: Stories from Fornander & Thrum by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection - 1st floor)

Use Lama Library's Online Search Tool to find books and DVDs at Kapiʻolani CC and other UH System Campuses.

Māui, the Mischief Maker by Dietrich Varez; Pua K. Kanahele
Call Number: GR110.H38 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by David Kalakaua
Call Number: GR385.H3 K3 1972 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
He Moʻolelo Kaʻao o Kamapuaʻa = [A Legendary Tradition of Kamapuaʻa, the Hawaiian Pig-God] : An Annotated Translation of a Hawaiian Epic from Ka Leo o ka Lāhui, June 22, 1891-July 23, 1891 by Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
Call Number: GR110.H38 M68 1996 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Legends of Maui: A Demi-god of Polynesia and of His Mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
Call Number: GR510 .W46 1913b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online via Internet Sacred Text Archive.
Pele Mā: Legends of Pele From Kauaʻi by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.80 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories by Armitage, Kimo; Solomon Enos (Illustrator)
Call Number: BL2620.H3 A76 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection - 1st floor)
Folktales of Hawaiʻi = He Mau Kaʻao Hawaiʻi by Pukui, Mary Kawena (Compiled by)
Call Number: GR110.H38 P85 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Hawaiian and English
Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore by Abraham Fornander; Thomas G. Thrum
Call Number: GN670 .B5 vols. 4-6 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection - 1st floor)

Text in Hawaiian and English.
Also available online via Archive.org: Vol. 4.
online via Archive.org: Vol. 5.
online via Archive.org: Vol. 6.
Myths and Legends of Hawaiʻi by William D. Westervelt
Call Number: GR110.H38 W45 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection - 1st floor)
Nā Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o ka Wā Kahiko = Stories of Old Hawaiʻi: A Literary Companion to The Hawaiians of Old by Roy Kākulu Alameida
Call Number: PZ8.1.A42 Mo 1997 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia by Roslyn Poignant
Call Number: BL2600 .P6 1967 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Voices on the Wind; Polynesian Myths and Chants by Katharine Luomala
Call Number: BL2620.P6 L82 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian Legends by William Hyde Rice
Call Number: GR385.H3 R5 1977 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)

Also available online as a PDF.
Pele, the Fire Goddess by Dietrich Varez; Pua Kanakaʻole Kanahele
Call Number: BL2620.H3 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii by Nathaniel B. Emerson
Call Number: GR385.H3 E55 1978 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)

Also available online as an eBook via Internet Archive.
Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi: A History by H. Arlo Nimmo
Call Number: BL2620.H3 N56 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online via Ebook Central.
Naupaka by Winona Desha Beamer
Call Number: PZ90.H27 B4 2008 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian Legends of Dreams by Caren Loebel-Fried (Retold by)
Call Number: PZ8.1.L934 Har 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online via Ebook Central.
The Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele: Woman of the Sunrise, Lightning-Skirted Beauty of Halemaʻumaʻu by Hoʻoulumāhiehie; Solomon Enos
Call Number: GR385.H3 H66 2006b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii by Samuel M. Kamakau
Call Number: DU624.65 .K3413 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online via Ulukau.
Hawaiian Legends in English: An Annotated Bibliography by Amos P. Leib; A. Grove Day
Call Number: Z5984.H38 L48 1979 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)

Includes brief biographies of translators of Hawaiian legends.
Also available online via UH Press books at De Gruyter.

Quest 3: Hawaiian Legends Index

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

Additional Moʻolelo

Kapaemahu Film and Book

Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu; Dean Hamer; and Joe Wilson; Illustrated by Daniel Sousa
Call Number: PZ90.H27 W66 2022 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

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.

Newspaper & Journal Articles

Papakilo Database
Search Hawaiian-language newspapers (1834-1948), Māhele land records, moʻokūʻauhau (genealogy), maps, 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 online in full-text from UH Mānoa eVols (1967-2020) and via EBSCOhost's Academic Search Complete (2003-2024).
Current & past issues are also available in Print at Lama Library.
ScholarSpace
An open-access, digital institutional repository for the intellectual works and unique collections of the UH Mānoa academic community. Publications from the Center for Pacific Island Studies are available here.
Google Scholar
How-to Video for Setting Up & Using Google Scholar [2:20].

Hawaiʻi Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaiʻi & the Pacific; citations only. See the Reference Desk for help locating print issues. See Titles and Coverage for a list of the journals and magazines included.

Hawaiʻi Place Names

Use the Lama Library's Online Search Tool to find books and DVDs at Kapiʻolani CC and other UH System Campuses.

Also browse our Hawaiʻi Place Names Research Guide and this Hawaiian Place Names Resource Guide for more book recommendations.

Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1976 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau,
OR Search via Hawaiian Dictionaries Tip: Under CUSTOMIZE SEARCH, select PLACE NAMES OF HAWAII
Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Refer to the Detailed Index online via Ulukau to see what might be included about your area.
Ancient Sites of Oʻahu: A Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Places of Interest by Van James
Call Number: DU624.65 .J36 2010 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiʻi Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU622 .C546 2002 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Available online via Ebook Central.
Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau.
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment by E.S. Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy, & Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3
(Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

See pt. 5: Descriptions of areas of habitation on each island.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: PN6519.H4 P84 1983 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

See p. 344 for Index to Place Names. Also available online via eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).

Kepano's Complete Hawaiian Concordance to Mary Kawena Pukui's ʻŌlelo Noʻeau
An index to all the Hawaiian words in the ʻōlelo noʻeau themselves.

Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From the Past by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 C53 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Also available online via Ebook Central.

Nā Mele: Place Names in Song & Chant

Huapala: Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives
Hawaiian lyrics & translation. Many Hawaiian mele (songs) describe special places in Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiian Sheet Music Index
Search Hawaiian songs and sheet music in the Bishop Museum Library, the Hawaiʻi State Library and the UH Manoa Libraryʻs Hawaiian Collection.
MELE: Hawaiian Music Archive

The Eddie Kamae Songbook: A Musical Journey
Available online via The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation.
The songbook is a "compilation of thirty-four songs that played an important role in Eddie’s life. Each song is presented in the form of a digital pūʻolo (bundle): researched lyrics and translations, a story about the song and its importance, video and audio clips, a music sheet and multiple resources that range from important to fascinating" (About the songbook).

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