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Quest 1: Hawaiian Moʻolelo

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

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)
Detailed index
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 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-1st floor)
FULL-TEXT ONLINE
Handbook of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
FULL-TEXT ONLINE Copy also available in General Reference Collection-1st floor

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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)

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)
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: 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 Fornander, Abraham; with translations revised and illustrated with notes by Thomas G. Thrum.
Call Number: GN670 .B5 vols. 4-6 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Text in Hawaiian and English
ONLINE VERSION Vol.4
ONLINE VERSION Vol.5
ONLINE VERSION Vol.6
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)
Also available as a PDF online.
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)
ONLINE VERSION
Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi: A History by H. Arlo Nimmo
Call Number: BL2620.H3 N56 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
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)
ONLINE VERSION
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), Mahele land records, 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.
Current & past issues are also available in Print. Most recent issue shelved on the Hawaiʻi & Pacific magazines display wall.
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; citations only. See the Reference Desk for help locating the print issue. Indexes the following journals and magazines: http://hpji.lib.hawaii.edu/HPJITitles.htm

Hawaiʻi Place Names

Use the Lama Library's Online Search Tool to find books and DVDs at KCC 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)
ONLINE VERSION
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)
Detailed index
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)
ONLINE VERSION
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.
Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: PN6519.H4 P84 1983 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
See p. 344 for Index to Place Names
Hawaiian Surfing by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 C53 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)

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

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